Control can be a very effective strategy in Commander , allowing you to disrupt your opponents' plans and control the game's pace
In those days it included cards from Ice Age as well, like Incinerate, Zuran Orb & Stormbind
What I want to do is to make my deck small with surveil and then shuffle the good cards back and keep casting Vraskas Contempt and Sinister Sabotage over and over
Creature - Goblin Artificer Legion Warboss Mentor (Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with lesser power.) At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token
More Animal Cards Well probably also see Madam Mim in a non -animal form
It can be taken advantage of with Osgir, for starters, and its just a generally sweet way to accrue value for later turns