Elminster also does something else thats incredibly rare in Magic, and thats care about Scrying
Unfortunately for Biting-Palm Ninja, its Thoughtseize-esque trigger is decidedly less valuable when its landing turn three or later
Playing gates is a little slow, as they mostly come into play tapped, but its great for casual Commander decks
Boros Commanders tend to be very simple with only a few major archetypes - Equipment, Voltron, Tokens or Aggro
Heres a guideline: if you want to kill your opponents creature before taking combat damage and expect that the first thing they will do on their turn is untap and attack, you should probably cast your removal spell on your own main phase
With that in mind, as I said up top, games do have to end