mtg cards with persist (Retro Frame) (Foil Etched) - Modern Horizons 2 Return target nonlegendary creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a Standard: An Infinite Persist

All you need to do past that point is not exile any of these cards

The Queen Commanding Presence is a powerful card, questing for 2 lore and giving an opposing character -4 strength and a friendly character +4 strength

And when you're actually on offense with it

You're familiar with most of these treatments from March of the Machine

You could even take two different commanders that share a color, and build a larger module for each that allows you to swap between commanders while keeping the same base theme intact

This means having early blockers PuPu UFO, Demon Wall, Scorpion Sentinel, Sahagin, Magic Pot, or just any two-drops you can find