best toughness matters cards mtg Budget Commander #70 - with Doran Mono-White Toughness Matters | EDHREC

Spreading around +1/+1 counters gives you a fantastic buff, even if you lose the enchantment, and doubling those counters only makes your defenders more formidable

The companion ability has no effect if the card isn't revealed as your companion at the start of the game, and it creates no restrictions on putting a card with a companion ability into your starting deck

The ability to play bigger pieces earlier is nice but the real benefit here is being able to play Philoctetes No-Nonsense Instructor and follow him up with a number of low-cost heroes in the same turn

Bess, Soul Nourisher Bess, Soul Nourisher as a build-around commander can do silly amounts of damage reminiscent of Coat of Arms