Cards like Spellskite which used to be great against removal now were clunky as you traded two mana for a one mana removal
Good old Sol Ring - the most played MTG mana ramp card in Commander, because it's the most played card in Commander, full stop
Artifact Recursion (CTRL to add secondary) Removal Removal (CTRL to add secondary) Tokens Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor Whenever Varchild deals combat damage to a player, that player creates that many 1/1 red Survivor creature tokens
two that stand out are redirecting a Bojuka Bog when I had a handful of recursion, and most recently, when my good friend Marcus directed Sorin Markovs downtick at me to set my life at 10
Some of these cards are more dork based cantrips
Ulrich, Uncontested Alpha *red*, *green* Legendary Creature Werewolf 6/6 Whenever this creature transforms into Ulrich, Uncontested Alpha, you may have it fight target non-Werewolf creature you dont control