You can at least defend yourself by giving -X/-0 to your opponents creatures if you have enough black mana
Anowon, the Ruin Thief The now-classic rogues tempo deck mixed with mill is the best rogues build in EDH, and their rogue commander is Anowon, the Ruin Thief
If you let Woodland lie for a turn instead, its damage will be removed in the following cleanup step, thus resetting the slate
Because of how slow our deck is and how few board wipes we run, the lifelink from Cavalier is huge and helps pull us back into the late game and potentially reanimates cards like Knight of the Ebon Legion and Plaguecrafter
Wistful Thinking Wistful Thinking is great if you have some additional discard synergies, Wistful Thinking probably isnt good enough without those
Overall not something you really care about