The key here is to build relationships with other committed players who are more likely to engage in a trade
An activation can only be negated by a card effect that specifically uses the term "negate"
On your own battlefield, if you run a Liquimetal Torque, attach Artifact Ward to your biggest creature, then turn their best blocker into an artifact until the end of turn and swing in for free, or protect your own creature fully against an incoming Wurmcoil Engine
Troemll, Seymours Butler gives you counters on your team, but where were all pumped is in the tap ability to Proliferate X times, which is kinda insane
While one could have played jank like two partners or Morophon, the Boundless for access to additional colors, that was never worth the downside of losing a synergistic value engine like Alela, Cunning Conquerer (currently the most popular faerie commander by a mile, with over 4,000 decks)