I am curious as to why that is
Most veteran players will know this, but in card games with a life value, gaining life is not as important as spending it
Generally speaking, I want to build my Limited decks to consistently curve out with a two-drop like Cruella De Vil - Fashionable Cruiser on turn two, a three-drop like Piglet - Very Small Animal on turn three, a four-drop like Beast - Forbidding Recluse on turn four, and five-drop like Winnie the Pooh - Hunny Wizard on turn five
Llanowar Elves is one of the most famous cards in all of Magic, and one of the most fundamental
Assuming that I add a card to my inkwell every turn and that five-drops are superior to four-drops, I will never have a good chance to play that weaker four-drop, so its the perfect ink fodder
If you flicker a face-down creature, it returns to the battlefield face-up