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Empress Galina gives you a way around that by stealing those troublesome permanents

Just casting your commander and following it up with a removal spell is a good tempo play, too

Vial Smasher deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to that player or a planeswalker that player controls

While not offering the most desired choice of lands or action Commune with the Gods does offer the rare ability to find enchantments which makes it just the ticket now and again

Or maybe, someone in R&D just has a Kykar deck that they really want to upgrade

Oversold Cemetery and Phyrexian Reclamation double as ways to get creatures back from the graveyard