And this is true for every spell you cast with your commander in play - Lots of value and fun to be had just playing simple magic
Similarly, Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait can be a great start for a Tatyova, Benthic Druid build, while still keeping the original commander in the deck
Nykthos Paragon - +1/+1 Counters Admittedly, counters aren't something white struggles with, but Nykthos Paragos is still a ridiculously powerful card worth mentioning
Four mana for an unsummon and a card before you get your creature is more than reasonable
It's also hard
Take a look at this "CradleHoof" deck that has been tearing up the tournaments in Victoria for a while now: Planeswalker (6) 1 Domri Rade 1 Garruk Relentless 1 Garruk Wildspeaker 1 Garruk, Caller of Beasts 1 Garruk, Primal Hunter 1 Xenagos, the Reveler Creature (45) 1 Craterhoof Behemoth 1 Arbor Elf 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim 1 Birds of Paradise 1 Boreal Druid 1 Deathrite Shaman 1 Devoted Druid 1 Dragonlord Atarka 1 Elves of Deep Shadow 1 Elvish Archdruid 1 Elvish Mystic 1 Elvish Visionary 1 Eternal Witness 1 Fauna Shaman 1 Fierce Empath 1 Fyndhorn Elder 1 Fyndhorn Elves 1 Greenweaver Druid 1 Hornet Queen 1 Joraga Treespeaker 1 Kozilek's Predator 1 Llanowar Elves 1 Multani's Acolyte 1 Nantuko Elder 1 Nest Invader 1 Noble Hierarch 1 Overgrown Battlement 1 Priest of Titania 1 Primeval Titan 1 Quirion Ranger 1 Rattleclaw Mystic 1 Reclamation Sage 1 Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary 1 Ruric Thar, the Unbowed 1 Scavenging Ooze 1 Scryb Ranger 1 Sylvan Caryatid 1 Terastodon 1 Ulvenwald Hydra 1 Vine Trellis 1 Voyaging Satyr 1 Wall of Blossoms 1 Wall of Roots 1 Wolfbriar Elemental 1 Woodland Bellower Sorcery (6) 1 Green Sun's Zenith 1 Harmonize 1 Natural Order 1 Primal Command 1 Sylvan Scrying 1 Tooth and Nail Instant (3) 1 Chord of Calling 1 Crop Rotation 1 Worldly Tutor Artifact (2) 1 Mana Vault 1 Sol Ring Enchantment (3) 1 Sylvan Library 1 Utopia Sprawl 1 Wild Growth Land (35) 1 Bayou 1 Bloodstained Mire 1 Dark Depths 1 Dryad Arbor 18 Forest 1 Gaea's Cradle 1 Grove of the Burnwillows 1 Karplusan Forest 1 Kessig Wolf Run 1 Misty Rainforest 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 1 Stomping Ground 1 Taiga 1 Thespian's Stage 1 Verdant Catacombs 1 Westvale Abbey 1 Windswept Heath 1 Wooded Foothills Green (59) 1 Craterhoof Behemoth 1 Arbor Elf 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim 1 Birds of Paradise 1 Boreal Druid 1 Chord of Calling 1 Crop Rotation 1 Devoted Druid 1 Dryad Arbor 1 Elves of Deep Shadow 1 Elvish Archdruid 1 Elvish Mystic 1 Elvish Visionary 1 Eternal Witness 1 Fauna Shaman 1 Fierce Empath 1 Fyndhorn Elder 1 Fyndhorn Elves 1 Garruk Relentless 1 Garruk Wildspeaker 1 Garruk, Caller of Beasts 1 Garruk, Primal Hunter 1 Green Sun's Zenith 1 Greenweaver Druid 1 Harmonize 1 Hornet Queen 1 Joraga Treespeaker 1 Kozilek's Predator 1 Llanowar Elves 1 Multani's Acolyte 1 Nantuko Elder 1 Natural Order 1 Nest Invader 1 Noble Hierarch 1 Overgrown Battlement 1 Priest of Titania 1 Primal Command 1 Primeval Titan 1 Quirion Ranger 1 Rattleclaw Mystic 1 Reclamation Sage 1 Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary 1 Scavenging Ooze 1 Scryb Ranger 1 Sylvan Caryatid 1 Sylvan Library 1 Sylvan Scrying 1 Terastodon 1 Tooth and Nail 1 Ulvenwald Hydra 1 Utopia Sprawl 1 Vine Trellis 1 Voyaging Satyr 1 Wall of Blossoms 1 Wall of Roots 1 Wild Growth 1 Wolfbriar Elemental 1 Woodland Bellower 1 Worldly Tutor Multi colored (5) 1 Deathrite Shaman 1 Domri Rade 1 Dragonlord Atarka 1 Ruric Thar, the Unbowed 1 Xenagos, the Reveler Colorless (36) 1 Bayou 1 Bloodstained Mire 1 Dark Depths 18 Forest 1 Gaea's Cradle 1 Grove of the Burnwillows 1 Karplusan Forest 1 Kessig Wolf Run 1 Mana Vault 1 Misty Rainforest 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 1 Sol Ring 1 Stomping Ground 1 Taiga 1 Thespian's Stage 1 Verdant Catacombs 1 Westvale Abbey 1 Windswept Heath 1 Wooded Foothills 1 (19) 1 Arbor Elf 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim 1 Birds of Paradise 1 Boreal Druid 1 Crop Rotation 1 Deathrite Shaman 1 Elves of Deep Shadow 1 Elvish Mystic 1 Fyndhorn Elves 1 Green Sun's Zenith 1 Joraga Treespeaker 1 Llanowar Elves 1 Mana Vault 1 Noble Hierarch 1 Quirion Ranger 1 Sol Ring 1 Utopia Sprawl 1 Wild Growth 1 Worldly Tutor 2 (18) 1 Devoted Druid 1 Elvish Visionary 1 Fauna Shaman 1 Multani's Acolyte 1 Nest Invader 1 Overgrown Battlement 1 Priest of Titania 1 Rattleclaw Mystic 1 Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary 1 Scavenging Ooze 1 Scryb Ranger 1 Sylvan Caryatid 1 Sylvan Library 1 Sylvan Scrying 1 Vine Trellis 1 Voyaging Satyr 1 Wall of Blossoms 1 Wall of Roots 3 (9) 1 Chord of Calling 1 Domri Rade 1 Elvish Archdruid 1 Eternal Witness 1 Fierce Empath 1 Fyndhorn Elder 1 Greenweaver Druid 1 Nantuko Elder 1 Reclamation Sage 4 (7) 1 Garruk Relentless 1 Garruk Wildspeaker 1 Harmonize 1 Kozilek's Predator 1 Natural Order 1 Wolfbriar Elemental 1 Xenagos, the Reveler 5 (2) 1 Garruk, Primal Hunter 1 Primal Command 6 (5) 1 Garruk, Caller of Beasts 1 Primeval Titan 1 Ruric Thar, the Unbowed 1 Ulvenwald Hydra 1 Woodland Bellower 7 (3) 1 Dragonlord Atarka 1 Hornet Queen 1 Tooth and Nail 8 (2) 1 Craterhoof Behemoth 1 Terastodon Common (39) 1 Arbor Elf 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim 1 Boreal Druid 1 Crop Rotation 1 Elves of Deep Shadow 1 Elvish Mystic 1 Elvish Visionary 18 Forest 1 Fyndhorn Elves 1 Kozilek's Predator 1 Llanowar Elves 1 Multani's Acolyte 1 Nest Invader 1 Priest of Titania 1 Primeval Titan 1 Reclamation Sage 1 Sylvan Scrying 1 Utopia Sprawl 1 Vine Trellis 1 Voyaging Satyr 1 Wall of Roots 1 Wild Growth Uncommon (13) 1 Devoted Druid 1 Eternal Witness 1 Fierce Empath 1 Fyndhorn Elder 1 Greenweaver Druid 1 Harmonize 1 Joraga Treespeaker 1 Nantuko Elder 1 Overgrown Battlement 1 Quirion Ranger 1 Scryb Ranger 1 Sol Ring 1 Wall of Blossoms Rare (31) 1 Bayou 1 Birds of Paradise 1 Chord of Calling 1 Dark Depths 1 Deathrite Shaman 1 Dryad Arbor 1 Elvish Archdruid 1 Fauna Shaman 1 Gaea's Cradle 1 Green Sun's Zenith 1 Hornet Queen 1 Karplusan Forest 1 Kessig Wolf Run 1 Misty Rainforest 1 Noble Hierarch 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 1 Rattleclaw Mystic 1 Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary 1 Ruric Thar, the Unbowed 1 Scavenging Ooze 1 Stomping Ground 1 Sylvan Caryatid 1 Sylvan Library 1 Taiga 1 Terastodon 1 Thespian's Stage 1 Tooth and Nail 1 Verdant Catacombs 1 Westvale Abbey 1 Wolfbriar Elemental 1 Worldly Tutor Mythic (17) 1 Craterhoof Behemoth 1 Bloodstained Mire 1 Domri Rade 1 Dragonlord Atarka 1 Garruk Relentless 1 Garruk Wildspeaker 1 Garruk, Caller of Beasts 1 Garruk, Primal Hunter 1 Grove of the Burnwillows 1 Mana Vault 1 Natural Order 1 Primal Command 1 Ulvenwald Hydra 1 Windswept Heath 1 Wooded Foothills 1 Woodland Bellower 1 Xenagos, the Reveler You can see the game plan pretty clearly here, as the deck plays a ton of one-mana creatures that make mana and even some green library search to find your big win conditions (primarily Craterhoof Behemoth)
