Your ramp is more redundant than artifact ramp and you can diversify it over lands and creatures so as to be hard to shut down
Colossus of the Blood Age Wheels are consistently good and often better late, so the cost on Colossus of the Blood Age doesn't bother me much
Will, Scion of Peace doesn't contribute to this directly, but lifegain comes in large chunks, which converts to a sizeable portion of mana you don't have to spend on something like Sphinx's Revelation
Wylie Duke, Atiin Hero Vehicles and mounts are the obvious exploit for Wylie Duke, Atiin Heros draw ability, but we have other options
Some decks (aggro above all) don't have much choice but to weather the storm and soldier onwards: If they run out of answers you win, if you run out of gas, you lose
Unbelievable reprints