Some Modern and Legacy decks can cast Ethersworn Sphinx in the 3- to 4-mana range, where it would be a very strong creature
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Cordial Vampire provides another way to buff your team as you sacrifice them
Outside of a few very specific cards (which will be mentioned first) that require deck sizes above the minimum, all the other reasons you might want to are more fitting to casual magic: Battle of Wits - A win condition that specifically requires you to have more than 3 times the minimum deck size left in your deck to win means starting with about 4 times that minimum, if not more
Usually you wouldn't bother with these cause we all like to pretend lifegain decks just don't exist, but now you can actually do something about it
I made a copy of Ajani with Spark Doubler and added counters twice: sweet