mtg orc commander deck Sauron EDH | LOTR Tribal Deck Commander Amass Orc Deck -

Kaito has a passive ability that lets you add loyalty counters to him anytime a creature you control deals combat damage to another player, letting you hit that -9 final ability faster

But given that Thousand Moons Smithy comes down and makes a Karn-struct thats reasonably large right away in an affinity deck and then also likely flips the next turn, this seems like a nice artifacts top end, especially because Barracks of the Thousand is an artifact land

For a more detailed look at Connellys art and method, he was interviewed earlier this year and that chat can be found here

Excalibur II BPhillipYork: Charge counters making a creature big is solid

That's pretty common with many great legendary equipment in your colors like Sword of the Animist, Godsend, Mithril Coat, or Embercleave

That is always an opportunity to blow them out with a protection spell from hand