This dog commander is also great with living weapons like Batterskull and sagas you want to get the first two chapters of, like Elspeth Conquers Death
One players strategy does not work for every player
There are only four viable cards in the whole of Magic: The Gathering that could make it into the deck
The blitz effect (sacrifice at the end of the turn and draw a card when it dies) also only applies if the creature was cast by paying the blitz cost, not if its copied
We have a variety of ways to keep triggering Kardur: the most common is by making token copies of Kardur with cards like Jaxis, the Troublemaker and Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink which trigger his mega goad before dying, but we also have bounce with Skull Collector and reanimate/blink with Rescue from the Underworld
Bala Ged Recovery is good because it allows you to play a land or recur something for a bit more, but let's be honest we're playing it as a land