While the deck still takes a while to set up, Archaludon ex helps the deck accelerate energy more consistently and makes it not feel as bad to discard energy
Theres so much going on with enhancing counters: Winding ConstrictorWinding Constrictor Branching EvolutionBranching Evolution Hardened ScalesHardened Scales In addition to cards with proliferate: Contagion ClaspContagion Clasp RadstormRadstorm Recon Craft ThetaRecon Craft Theta You might be losing life when you mill from the rad counters, but so will your opponents
Whenever Shadowfax, Lord of Horses attacks, you may put a creature card with lesser power from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking
There have been many rumblings about bringing it back, though, with thoughts that cards like Golos, Tireless Pilgrim could have been banned as a commander instead of just removed from the format
Getting a bunch of 0/1 creatures is a great way to shield your life total from many threats with haste after a Day of Judgment, and then you can sacrifice those that make it to your turn to rebuild your board position with minimal fuss, and possibly even a Blood Artist trigger or three