I don't quite know if Phlage is as strong as Uro or Kroxa, but a potentially reoccurring Lightning Helix on a 6/6 body is pretty scary
(You are way behind if, at any point during this turn, an opponent had 10 or more life than you, controlled at least three more creatures than you, or had at least three more cards in hand than you.) To determine if you are way behind, check the game state as it was at any point during the current turn, regardless of whether Knight of Lost Causes was on the battlefield at that time
Thats not the case with Irma
Grabbing utilitarian Commanders could be huge
Elven Empire Lathril, Blade of the Elves | Illustration by Caroline Gariba Commander (1) Creature (40) Abomination of Llanowar Beast Whisperer Canopy Tactician Cultivator of Blades Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen Elderfang Ritualist Elvish Archdruid Elvish Mystic Elvish Rejuvenator End-Raze Forerunners Eyeblight Cullers Farhaven Elf Golgari Findbroker Harald, King of Skemfar Imperious Perfect Jagged-Scar Archers Jaspera Sentinel Llanowar Tribe Lys Alana Huntmaster Lys Alana Scarblade Marwyn, the Nurturer Masked Admirers Miara, Thorn of the Glade Nullmage Shepherd Numa, Joraga Chieftain Poison-Tip Archer Reclamation Sage Rhys the Exiled Ruthless Winnower Shaman of the Pack Skemfar Shadowsage Springbloom Druid Sylvan Messenger Timberwatch Elf Twinblade Assassins Voice of Many Voice of the Woods Wirewood Channeler Wolverine Riders Wood Elves Instant (4) Elven Ambush Poison the Cup Putrefy Tergrid's Shadow Sorcery (9) Ambition's Cost Bounty of Skemfar Casualties of War Eyeblight Massacre Elvish Promenade Harvest Season Pact of the Serpent Return Upon the Tide Roots of Wisdom Enchantment (6) Binding the Old Gods Crown of Skemfar Elderfang Venom Pride of the Perfect Prowess of the Fair Moldervine Reclamation Artifact (3) Arcane Signet Serpent's Soul-Jar Sol Ring Land (37) Command Tower Forest x16 Foul Orchard Golgari Guildgate Golgari Rot Farm Jungle Hollow Myriad Landscape Path of Ancestry Skemfar Elderhall Swamp x13 Commander, Theme, and Strategy An elf tribal deck, Elven Empire is a really nice intro to the Commander format with a simple tribal theme
