They don't come into play tapped
Instead, Purphoros has proved itself in the Commander format as a favorite mono-red commander, and it's easy to see why
Selesnya is the easiest color for modifications (its the color pair of choice of Auras and +1/+1 counters, and 95% of the best Equipment cards are colorless), but dont sleep on this in just regular ol +1/+1 counter decks: the Trainer buffs all modified creatures, so if you have even put a couple counters on him, everything else that has even one on it will get a big boost during combat

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This is another card I love for the name alone
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