defender deck mtg commander Felothar the Steadfast Magic EDH Ready-to-Play Arcades, the Strategist WALL Defender

Abilities and keywords can be quite hard to read if youre new to card games

It is more explosive, giving +2/+2, but also does nothing on its own in situations where you won't or haven't cast a spell, while only 1 toughness makes it very vulnerable to things like Wrenn and Six and Lava Dart

Atraxa, Grand Unifier One of the best ETB creatures in the game, Atraxa, Grand Unifier puts on a show at cEDH tournaments, and at one point claimed a 20% share of the metagame on MTG Top 8

Painlands Painlands like Underground River are fantastic little card designs

Sure, you have to hold up 3 mana, but thats worth doing to save yourself from a Wrath of God