Given this discrepancy, it's definitely worth keeping an eye out for any playable gold-bordered cards
Despite his 1/1 stats, Simon makes a fine addition to your adventuring party
You will need a few random artifacts in play to bargain, but once you've got a Stormsplitter in play, a bargained Beseech the Mirror (two otters) can go get a Reenact the Crime (four otters), which can recast the Beseech the Mirror (eight otters, and at this point you can just use Stormsplitter tokens for the bargain), to go get Reenact the Crime (sixteen otters), etc
Format-Warping Impact: Some cards are so influential they dictate the rules of engagement in any format where they are legal
This Golgari commander generates experience counters easily
The most common strategy for fighting discard later in the game is to either play everything all the time, which some decks have the ability to do, or to hold land in your hand to shield you