A starter deck is the ideal start because this is a ready-made deck that can be played straight out of the box
Tribe Elder defines green perfectly
Flood the board with tokens, then force your way through with massive damage
And of course Mirkwood Bats is the nastiest of all, bleeding each opponent on both your token creation AND sacrifice
While Ive dabbled in Magic for most of my life, it was never my main TCG, so I didnt develop the kind of militant loyalty to its world-building that a lot of its fans have
One of the best commanders for a deck built around this type of Pillow Fort is Kardur, Doomscourge, which has Goad built into his enters-the-battlefield trigger, and also makes you drain life once one of their attacking creatures dies