Sporocyst Sporocyst acts like a Farhaven Elf that can get bigger with extra mana, and defender doesnt hurt a card like this too much
Individual play groups or pods may decide to allow banned cards, always check with your playgroup before playing a deck with a banned card
Whether you are going with drain or going wide, you still need ways to gain life so don't forget the basics
In Commander, especially, artifacts that provide repeatable value or synergy tend to overperform due to the longer game length and increased access to interactions
This is largely because on top of being a creature with great stats and trample, it lets you bring out all other creature cards in your hand with it when it enters the battlefield
these cards often take the place of Rare and Mythic Rare cards, which means you end up with cards that should be game-winning in a draft being utterly useless to you, and that never feels good