Arcades, the Strategist Arcades, the Strategist is the go-to Bant commander for playing with walls and defender creatures
With enough ink in your well (something Sapphire/Steel excels at doing) you can play both of these cards together and put your opponent in a situation where if they dont react, youll win the race to 20 lore
The best use in Limited is getting to flash it in as a blocker knowing that your opponent cant respond with a removal spell or a combat trick
As a result, the cards that have survived are often in poor condition
On the other hand, Pidgeot allows us to dish out 70 damage for just two Energy, and has a low Retreat Cost of just one Energy
A commander that I've been considering building around for a while is Carmen, Cruel SkymarcherCarmen, Cruel Skymarcher