Using spot removal on Avenger will certainly slow down the death but having so many tokens left over is usually too much value for those kinds of decks to beat
Shroofus Sproutsire Missing out on black saproling payoffs like Nemata, Primeval Warden makes Shroofus Sproutsire rather restrictive, but the best saproling cards are green, and this commander snowballs quite quickly
Messing with your opponent's manabase by blowing up mana rocks (Vandalblast) or lands (Ruination) can stop them from casting 2+ spells a turn
Yes, but only if you really want to play with older cards or if you want to play really competitive magic
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By playing Perdita, Devoted Mother after youve already seen a good handful of cheap and weaker characters be banished into your discard, means that you can quickly get them out onto the table again