Plus, you will benefit from all of those cool triggers from Nekrataal, Man-o'-War, and Acidic Slime
Mono-black cards like South Wind Avatar can support these strategies, but its most often used in sacrifice strategies with Blood Artist or Zulaport Cutthroat, or with commanders like Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
Arahbo, the First Fang is a typal lord that gives your cats a buff and pumps out tokens when your other (nontoken) cats enter, but youve only got access to white cats if you run it as your commander
The first is The Millennium CalendarThe Millennium Calendar
Turtling up and not attacking may protect your life total, but stalling defensively like this isnt really in your best interest in the long run since your opponents will still be taking swings at other people, asking questions and getting more intel while you hide in your fort