Not only is it useful ramp when making so many Illusion tokens, it also gives us a quick and easy way to kill them off when we're ready to drop a permanent for free with Minn's ability
It is perhaps the go-to example of a baseline creature
It's an amazing option for a tempo strategy where it kills quickly if you have some bounce or tap effects in your deck, and it works with auras, equipment, and pretty much everything in the game of Magic
Raise the Palisade Choose a creature type not on the battlefield, and we have what amounts to Evacuation
If you do, discard two cards
Choose a Dragon-focused commander with a clear payoff Start with a commander that does one main thing extremely well, such as cost reduction, token generation, tutoring, combat amplification, or mana generation