Marcus, Mutant Mayor is exceptional in this deck, fixing a creature with no counters to get that important first counter, and then turning every creature into potential card draw
Players in many formats have used these for budget lands that come into play untapped
Snow decks can make good use of both sides, but the snow commanders essentially a mana-doubler in these decks, whereas Kaldring is a slow, attrition-based card that requires some set-up
You can remove the 1-cost Kayas for another +2,000 Character to drop the overall price of the deck
For example, if an effect allows you to cast an artifact card without paying its mana cost, you could either cast Frogmyr Enforcer normally, or as a prototyped spell
Marwyn, the Nurturer Speaking of Marwyn, the Nurturer, you have one of the best elf cards, working as a lord and a payoff for other elves, including tokens