mtg edh card draw cards advantage commanders that aren't "find your win condition ASAP"? : r/ EDH You need more card draw'

Both cards are good, and both cards fetch you some strong stuff

Commander Legends has a lot of tribal support for both Elves and Pirates, and the latter tribe is based on blue and red mana and sheer aggression

take out Aurora Phoenix and put in Ancient Copper Dragon

This restriction keeps the pressure off of you for a bit, since your opponents will likely want to be swinging in to steal the monarch status

Consider synergies with creature-based strategies, tribal decks, or decks with powerful creatures that meet the power requirement

For counters, it doesn't matter what kind of counter it is, nor does it matter who put the counter on the creature