Elspeth lets you create tokens and buff creature tokens, while also being able to destroy a big threat on the board
(That doesn't count as one of the hundred battles.) Once you begin casting a spell from your graveyard, it immediately moves to the stack
I have to think its the art, the feeling that those 500 copies of Jin-Gitaxias are truly unique, whereas there are thousands of copies of Ragavan out there that look the same as a serialized version only without the xxx/500 printed on there
That meant that if you tapped Mana Crypt on your upkeep you didn't take any damage, so decks that could use the mana then could get two mana per turn for free
Finally, in step three, this Saga and the exiled card are both returned to their owners hand, ready to be cast again
two are awarded for defeating an ex card, while one is given for each non-ex card