Pillow fort decks typically win by outlasting opponents through an alternate win condition or by surviving long enough to grind out a victory
It is a convenient method for people who want to carefully compare high-value cards.
Skullclamp started off as an equipment that cost two to cast and two more to equip that allowed you to draw two cards when the equipped creature died
Meanwhile, Gale's cards show us the romanceable side of the Wizard of Waterdeep
The idea is to play a lot of creatures that draw cards to smoothly build mana with Cryptolith Rite and then to either lock the opponent out with Eldrazi Displacer, or better yet, mirror the Ghostway / Eternal Witness combo, but with Eerie Interlude and Greenwarden of Murasa to protect all your creatures and keep reusing your Elvish Visionaries and Reflector Mages
Elrond, Lord of Rivendell To get the most out of Elrond, Lord of Rivendells ability, youd need to be casting multiple creatures a turn