Cards like Sheoldred, the Apocalypse can drain your opponent for a bunch of life in conjunction with a wheel, while Smothering Tithe can generate a ton of Treasures for you
Its not uncommon to have exclusive cards in Starter Kits it makes them worth purchasing even for players who arent exactly new to Magic: The Gathering
Elminster also does something else thats incredibly rare in Magic, and thats care about Scrying
Unfortunately for Biting-Palm Ninja, its Thoughtseize-esque trigger is decidedly less valuable when its landing turn three or later
Heres a guideline: if you want to kill your opponents creature before taking combat damage and expect that the first thing they will do on their turn is untap and attack, you should probably cast your removal spell on your own main phase
Firstly youd need Delirium, but after that its whatever dead permanent you need it to be