Accelerating to bigger spells is something every strategy wants to do, and Sword of the Animist is the premier card with which to do so
Cascade, cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less
You won't be setting up uber-complex combos or interacting with your opponents much, and you won't learn much about the newer mechanics featured in Lorcana
Playing Ellivere feels a lot like slamming an All That Glitters on a creature for free every turn, and those get out of hand in multiples
It needs both Alma Madirgal, Family Matriarch and Bruno Madrigal, Undetected Uncle at a minimum, but even when those two are included, the strategy still doesn't really come together