Out of the box, Coven Counters has two themes, humans and +1/+1 counters
They press your advantage by providing extra value in addition to combat damage
In general, a player uses creatures to attack an opponents avatar
This can come in the form of mana rocks like Darksteel Ingot and Manalith, but I also subscribe to the school of thought that repeatable card draw like Compulsion or Bident of Thassa can be mana smoothing as well
3 Green, White, And Blue A rather new entry into the Elvish possibilities of deck design, this color combination is more likely to be found in Commander, with the release of the special Galadriel, Light of Valinor
The tribes lacked usual cornerstones like Lordscards like Diregraf Captain wouldnt come until Dark Ascension