Merry, Warden of Isengard and Pippin, Warden of Isengard provide excellent food synergy in this deck, and also help further your theme of constant access to key creatures via their partner ability enabling you to pull the missing warden out of your deck when you cast the other
Freshly returned Cardboard Crack provided an excellent (and hilarious) comic based on this idea: pic.twitter.com/Ylk4RyWGRN Cardboard Crack (@Cardboard_Crack) September 29, 2020 It's obviously a bit on the extreme absurdist side of things, but it does raise valid points all the same
Sure, you can bounce an opponents blocker to clear the way
Ixalan was not a huge graveyard set, at least in Standard
They gain someone who will walk into the end of the world for them, without ever saying a word about it
On top of that, Dracule Mihawk is another great card that allows you to play cards from your hand for free