Like yourself I wanted a deck that is focused on getting into the rumble zone and naturally is rewarded if there is a board wipe. Maelstrom Wanderer is there as a decent way to give me a board presence should I loose my creatures.
Other proactive decks I have are Tymaret, the Murder King. Deck focuses on cheap creatures for early damage and then ways to steal opponents creatures and do ghastly things after attacking. All star in the deck is Flayer of the Hatebound and Gravecrawler.
Other deck is my Shanna, Sisay's Legacy which looks to swing in with her while building up a board presence. Last time I played with her I was one turn away from giving my creatures +54+54 (thanks to Overwhelming Stampede with Shanna a 26/26 and having Cultivator of Blades out).
Needless to say the attack had I got to do it would have been wonderful!
So for proactive decks I think picking a commander that can do things early is key or building the deck to do that instead.
Look for ways to getting around mass board wipes and punish players you are being slow.
Like yourself I wanted a deck that is focused on getting into the rumble zone and naturally is rewarded if there is a board wipe. Maelstrom Wanderer is there as a decent way to give me a board presence should I loose my creatures.
Other proactive decks I have are Tymaret, the Murder King. Deck focuses on cheap creatures for early damage and then ways to steal opponents creatures and do ghastly things after attacking. All star in the deck is Flayer of the Hatebound and Gravecrawler.
Other deck is my Shanna, Sisay's Legacy which looks to swing in with her while building up a board presence. Last time I played with her I was one turn away from giving my creatures +54+54 (thanks to Overwhelming Stampede with Shanna a 26/26 and having Cultivator of Blades out).
Needless to say the attack had I got to do it would have been wonderful!
So for proactive decks I think picking a commander that can do things early is key or building the deck to do that instead.
Look for ways to getting around mass board wipes and punish players you are being slow.
For example a captain lannery storm voltron style deck could be good fun or Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin which includes pumpspells to help spew out Goblins.