In addition to being such a powerful game piece, its obviously far more castable than most game-winning threats we could play and the ability to clean up the left over Spirits from Forbidden Orchard is actually very helpful
Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer is five white mana, incredible for devotion, and a magnet for Pariah effects
Giant Cobra, Deadly Serpent This is the Illusion you'll most want to start recurring with Jafar
Creatures (5) Lands (14) Spells (41) 4 Brainstorm 1 Fastbond 2 Mana Drain 1 Vampiric Tutor 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Yawgmoth's Will 4 Duress 4 Force of Will 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Time Walk 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Red Elemental Blast 4 Gush 1 Cunning Wish 4 Merchant Scroll 2 Misdirection 1 Black Lotus 3 Opt 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire Sideboard Gush has been restricted and unrestricted more times than most, and when it has been legal, it has been extremely busted with Fastbond
The card arrives protected and display-ready, which matters when you're giving it as a gift or keeping it long-term
Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon gives you a lot of tokens without the deckbuilding constraints of Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival or the mana constraints of Song of Totentanz, so perhaps this is the ticket to Jetmir, Nexus of Revels