Enchantment Etali, Primal Conqueror Trample When Etali enters, each player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card
Lifelink obviously helps make up for this a bit
Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief allows you to spread your auras out across the board while also stacking all these abilities onto your commander
Izzet (blue/red) decks are not known for the ability to ramp, so you'll be spending the first few turns setting up mana rocks for mana generation, leaving your defenses open
Considering the width of playing cards is important to boost grip comfort and influence shuffle-ability
Rather than focusing on defense, Quickbeam emphasizes the importance of attacking, granting two creatures +2/+2 and trample each time a Treefolk enters play