With Courser, Fetchlands and Shocklands hurt significantly less and the top card of your deck is almost guaranteed to be gas
Magic Broom Illuminary Keeper or Chernabogs Followers Creatures of Evil give you draw and can be combod
Affinity, on the other hand, is generally the aggressor
You can play a pile of powerful cards, but if they dont work together, the deck feels clunky and inconsistent
This top commander also gives you a powerful new win condition, letting you use your elvish army to drain your opponents for huge chunks of life
(d) At the beginning of your end step, if this permanent was cast for its impending cost and there is at least one time counter on it, remove a time counter from it