Since you cast cards from your graveyard, its a good way to mix different play styles like self-mill and spellslinger, and it remains very easy to understand and balanced in 1v1 and multiplayer formats
Agadeem, the Undercrypt and Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass hurt you on occasion, but the opportunity cost to include them is low and makes all the mythic rare Zendikar Rising MDFCs great by default
Hildibrand Manderville's story is a fan-favorite one, and I included him very early on
That will be 2-3 Goyfs
This was the new replacement for Sram and friends
The ability to get green into your deck seems to be his main ability, generating a food is decent if you have payoffs for gaining 3 life, which aren't that unusual, and if you build around it that would make him more worthwhile