As a starter deck, it packs a ton of synergy between the family members and each turn feels satisfying to play
When the evoke elementals were spoiled in Modern Horizons 2, people waxed lyrical about how broken Grief with Ephemerate was going to be, but in practice that interaction did not make any material impact on the format, and instead its been more commonly combined with Fury and Solitude in the Four-Colour Yorion, Sky Nomad decks
He does this with his ability, which allows you to draw two cards when you play him, as long as you have 2 or more other characters in play
Toploaders are the most cost efficient rigid protection for your MTG cards
Make Lathril bigger with good equipment, counters, or lords, and all your elf synergies will snowball out of control
Itd be foolish to suggest it was anything but those two things, but the facade is that much more convincing when its clear the thing was made with genuine reverence for the subject