Gain incremental life and stall aggressive foes with food tokens
When this token is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life.) At the beginning of your draw step, if you control an enchanted creature, you lose 1 life and you draw an additional card
A 6/5 for five mana, The Scorpion God draws a card for its controller each time a creature with a -1/-1 counter on it dies
Sacrificing merfolk to prevent board wipes or removal spells from hitting key targets is well worth the investment
10 Rapid Augmenter A Token-Boosting Otter With Haste This Izzet (blue/red) Otter hails from Bloomburrows Commander set and pairs beautifully with spells that create 1/1 Otters, such as Otterball Antics, or permanents that can repeatedly create creatures with one power
These can be a cheaper alternative the pre-packaged decks that WotC offers