Sram leads a strong 1800 decks as a Commander and is in 6% of White decks outside of that
If you control four or more creatures, add instead
Aristocrats/Attrition Primary Colors: White, Black, Red Secondary Colors: Blue White: Martyr of Sands, Sigil of the New Dawn , Tethmos High Priest Blue: Marang River Prowler, Stitchers Apprentice Black: Apprentice Necromancer, Bloodflow Connoisseur, Shirei, Shizos Caretaker , Slum Reaper Red: Furnace Celebration , Hissing Iguanar, Magmaw, Malevolent Whispers (it has Madness, but doesnt seem to fit into that shell nearly as well, whereas here, you steal and then sacrifice creatures), Sparkspitter Green: Fecundity Colorless: Myr Servitor Multicolor: Angel of Despair, Garna, the Bloodflame These are three different archetypes under one umbrella (a theme youre going to see more of as we go), but all do the same thing: turn your creatures deaths into value
Particularly due to his -5 ultimate ability
However, Elvish Archivist has no protection or evasion as a beater, and players would do well to keep this in mind
Being able to sac one of your own Gobby tokens in order to destroy an opponents powerhouse artifact combo piece or game-warping colorless permanent is quite an impactful trade-off, so if you keep losing to Chimil, the Inner Sun or The Immortal Sun (or other, non-Sun-related artifacts), nab a copy of this bruiser and profit mightily