You could do a workaround by adding copy-and-paste text into the spoiler in your signature (just double the tags).
When you hit "preview" you'll get the signature shown too, and then you can open the spoiler in your signature and select the copy/paste text there...
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[color=#FF70FF][color=#FF70FF]Dreamer and Comes-too-late speak in colour[/color][/color], [b][b][size=95][size=95]Size 95 bold text[/size][/size][/b][/b]
becomes:
Dreamer and Comes-too-late speak in colour,
Size 95 bold text
You can select the elements you need, and copy them, you have the correct tags immediately. Still annoying on phone and other mobile devices w/o keyboard is the need to position the cursor and delete the placeholder text....
I don't think the phpBBboard has entries in the user database to modify the general editor according to a users wish.
That might require a major rewrite of the editor system (which is the same for everyone, but does not interact with the user database until you try to post with a tag that you're not allowed to use).
edit: some tools allow an adaptation of the editor according to user-groups, but none seems to allow according to specific user. See below
BTW: which version of phpBB is running? They published in February a new, security updated version of 3.1.X
I did a quick scan of available (and validated) mods for 3.1.X, and found one add-on with "custom BBCodes" (
link), but I think that installs a drop-down menu to select and show all available (installed) custom codes (like

and [glow]), but does still now allow custom codes per user.
The same for "
Advanced BBCodes box", which seems to allow an editing of which BBCodes are available to which user group. But again, no reference that users may pre-set something for themselves.
Is an "
about us" a possible thing for us? We could place a link to the comic page there, and add other legal things or links to the rules of the board there again).
For games,
tooltips might be a playful thing... I do not really see further use in that, as it might not be so use-able for mobile gadget users... (I just ran across it)
For PM-heavy users, this
tool might be useful, as it shows more visibly how full or empty their PM box is than just a line with some numbers.