More than just Squirrels, Squirreled Away is all about producing lots and lots of creature tokens
After sending out cheap cards to get you onto the board (like Sergeant Tibbs, Courageous Cat or Aladdin, Prince Ali), try to buff them whenever possible with items and characters such as Megara, Pulling the Strings
In a worst case scenario, you test them out in a few games, replace them with other cards, and learn a little more about how your deck functions in the process
While Ishai is a threat all on its own, it also helps for access to blue and white so you can run cards like High Alert and Arcades, the Strategist to tie everything together
When my partner Wendy first started playing Commander, one of the first decks she wanted to build was The Ur-Dragon
They introduced the idea that how a card looks the art treatment, the texture, the rarity symbol could be just as important as whats printed on it