A lot of Rats make for excellent commanders, but there are also cards that work best in the 99
Mana symbols in the text boxes of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color
Simply fill a deck with lower-cost instant sorceries, and flying creatures, then cast away and watch Balmor and all other creatures on the board get huge and smash through any opponent's defense
Youll be able to see your opponents hand, choose a card, and tax it, whether they're casting it or using its non-mana activated abilities
Your kindred stuff of Demons, Horrors and Nightsmares cost one fewer mana to cast, a bit of ramp here
At full strength, it will put a whopping twelve power of creatures on the battlefield while ramping you three lands, which will give you plenty of mana to pay its flashback cost