There are a few ways to make it more difficult for your opponents to stop you, but they cost a bit more than the usual budget ($5-$8): Drop down Near-Death Experience right before the start of your turn with flash-enablers such as Vedalken Orrery or Winding Canyons
You can take 3 actions per turn: additional draws, putting cards in the logwhich you can use to summon other comrades, putting comrades on the field, and of course, attacking
Or you can use Enduring Vitality, Elven Chorus, or Cryptolith Rite to turn all of your creatures into mana dorks
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As a commander, Gonti can take advantage of creatures like Tinybones, all versions of which steal cards from opponents and will easily frustrate an opponent to no end