You also get several legendaries: Shelob, Dread Weaver can act as graveyard hate on your opponents while also gaining some pretty great benefits if needed
But in trying to capture rankings for play styles from cEDH to meme casual, I think I pulled it together pretty well
Heck, even if grabs whatever Overrun effect on a Creature you've got near the top in your tokens deck, or pulls another Power buff in your Elves Kindred deck, it'll almost certainly do excellent work
Cards like that historically peak a few weeks before a rotation and soften afterward, and the Amber Steel builds that leaned on Reign of Jafar are the obvious pressure point
Presumably, your opponent is going to play creatures at some point
Batterskull Courser only gives one life per land made, usually just one per turn (although it does mitigate sac lands well as well as having great synergy with the shuffle!) and not always even that