The deck's main MTG commander Tidus is all about moving counters around, apparently based on the Sphere Grid level up system, and so it's not surprising Yuna plays around with counters too
Elendas tokens work as great cannon fodder for sacrifice outlets, and its first ability extracts more value whenever any other creature dies
The trick is likely leaning hard into the reanimation strategy without worrying about cards like Six that reward you for stocking the graveyard
You are trying to win, not reset the game until everyone misses bedtime
Now we routinely get 4/4s for three mana with upside, but back then getting a 3/3 for three was a very good rate
While not every flashback card in the set ultimately ended up being a flashbackthere were only so many good concepts for themseveral did, and I'm happy with how they turned out