Okay, here is the decklist as it stands today: Creatures (31) 1 Solemn Simulacrum 1 Gorilla Shaman 1 Fatestitcher 1 Sedris, the Traitor King 1 Anathemancer 1 Blightsteel Colossus 1 Urabrask the Hidden 1 Spellskite 1 Baleful Strix 1 Grim Haruspex 1 Mystic Archaeologist 1 Ilharg, the Raze-Boar 1 Dockside Extortionist 1 Crashing Drawbridge 1 Tidal Barracuda 1 Brash Taunter 1 Amphin Mutineer 1 Araumi of the Dead Tide 1 Esior, Wardwing Familiar 1 Hellkite Courser 1 Rionya, Fire Dancer 1 Callous Bloodmage 1 Ornithopter of Paradise 1 Delina, Wild Mage 1 Phantom Steed 1 Mirage Phalanx 1 Night Clubber 1 Firbolg Flutist 1 Elturel Survivors 1 Astral Dragon 1 Triarch Praetorian Lands (39) 1 Reflecting Pool 5 Swamp 5 Mountain 4 Island 1 Riptide Laboratory 1 Shivan Reef 1 Watery Grave 1 Steam Vents 1 Blood Crypt 1 Crumbling Necropolis 1 Exotic Orchard 1 Dragonskull Summit 1 Drowned Catacomb 1 Command Tower 1 Sulfur Falls 1 Myriad Landscape 1 Sunken Hollow 1 Canyon Slough 1 Path of Ancestry 1 Field of Ruin 1 Luxury Suite 1 Morphic Pool 1 Fabled Passage 1 Training Center 1 Tyrite Sanctum 1 Haunted Ridge 1 Stormcarved Coast 1 Xander's Lounge Spells (29) 1 Force of Will 1 Sol Ring 1 Fellwar Stone 1 Terminate 1 Arcane Denial 1 Wayfarer's Bauble 1 Sneak Attack 1 Cauldron Dance 1 Negate 1 Nihil Spellbomb 1 Go for the Throat 1 Blasphemous Act 1 Rakdos Charm 1 Vandalblast 1 Read the Bones 1 Whip of Erebos 1 Reality Shift 1 Painful Truths 1 Conqueror's Flail 1 Force of Negation 1 Arcane Signet 1 Hate Mirage 1 Whirlwind Denial 1 Feed the Swarm 1 Ravenform 1 Cursed Mirror 1 Infernal Grasp 1 Blood for the Blood God

While both are readily available in many green Commander decks, if a board wipe comes down or you havent established a board position yet, you arent going to feel good about seeing it on the battlefield
Both humans and +1/+1 counters have a deep well of support in Selesnya, and theres about 40 cards that could be the foundation of a powerful, aggressive deck
They can dodge your own removal
Red offers Galvanic Blast, which deals double damage if Metalcraft is online, as well as Orcish Vandal, which can sacrifice artifacts to deal 2 damage to its targets