Replaying multiple permanent types each turn creates steady, unavoidable value, and it lets the deck grind through removal and outlast opponents with recursive threats
You may put that card on the bottom.) 8.5/10$1.07 Jaheira's Respite Instant Search your library for up to X basic land cards, where X is the number of creatures attacking you, put those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle
Those decks will often have a few copies of [c]Lotus Petal[/c] available in case you dont have enough mana to play Thassas Oracle from your hand
FromTheShire: On paper, this could make you tons of mana even if it's a bit expensive to cast it, and Elf is both a great type and something that is already built to have mana sinks to use said mana
Every time you cast a Vampire spell, he creates a 1/1 Vampire token even from the command zone, without needing to be on the battlefield
When youre creating lots of token creatures, the pile gets higher