So the deck is about Noncreature spells, and the commanders care a bit more about High Mana Value but it's not a main focus of the deck, and there's a bunch of minor cute subthemes that play off our main theme and commander
My biggest point of contention with The Swarmlord is that it lacks any type of keyword ability to provide evasion or some other additional bonus
Against Aggro this card might just rot in your hand, and if your opponent can Burst Lightning their Screaming Nemesis so that you can't gain any more life, this card becomes even more useless
Getting Belle out early can help you accelerate to ten ink quickly, which will also allow you to play cards like Hades, Infernal Schemer and Robin Hood, Unrivaled Archer
Dark Depths Dark Depths is Thing in the Ices bigger brother
Taking pride of place on the starter decks box is Simba, Returned King