Once you have an army of Defenders on the battlefield, these dorky defenders become real threats to our opponent, dealing damage way above the curve of regular creatures
You then get all those lands and can cast all those spells for free
What's more, the major problem in the Weatherlight Saga of people not being able to put the hundreds of cards into a coherent narrative order is mitigated by the fact that the Story Spotlight cards are, you know, numbered explicitly in order
(2025-06-06) The mana value of a nonmodal double-faced permanent is the mana value of its front face, no matter which face is up
Tangled Florahedron is similar
Cid, Timeless Artificer Cid, Timeless Artificer is an interesting build-around that I imagine comes in two flavors: You either go hard on looting, cycling, and self-mill to throw multiple copies of Cid in the graveyard, or you do some Mirror Box shenanigans