If an effect allows you to pay an alternative cost rather than a spell's mana cost, you may pay that alternative cost when you jump-start a spell
The tools with which most stax lists operate disruptive countermagic, Rule of Law effects, etc., are also those tools which lead to long games, something which not all stax lists are necessarily primed for in perpetuity
is too long to cram in here, but it really is one of the coolest ways to make manifest come to life
By and large it is dorks you are bouncing and so card draw wildly outdoes learning
You need to be able to beat the common archetypes with any deck you are building and in order to beat the fast agro decks you typically need lots of cheap things to be playing so as to not get overrun too fast
Avenger of Zendikar is one of the top played Green cards in all of Commander and used in ten percent of all eligible decks according to EDHREC