Thalia and The Gitrog Monster combines the best of both worlds, offering the familiar resource denial ("stax") strategy usually associated with Orzhov (black/white) decks with green decks' ramp and card draw
While I mainly think from the perspective of how these commanders pilot when youre new to the game, I also mention some commanders that are good to have at a table with newer players to teach them some parts of the game
Note that you cant play lands that you exile off the top of your library, since the ability says cast, and lands are played, but you can still cast cards of any color
Come now, don't be shyshake her pincer." The Iron Guardian Stirs Scheme When you set this scheme in motion, create a 4/6 colorless Golem artifact creature token
It is even harder to do this before your opponent has reduced their hand size to below three
While all of these things preceded and influenced the bannings, the bottom line with both bannings is that tournament attendance started to drop