Wizards' new bracket system looks to correct that, cutting the ratings from ten to five and adding concrete criteria to determine where your deck lands, from goofy exhibition decks at one, all the way to cEDH decks at five
This allows Orah decks to provide the value of tribal synergies as well as the value of Aristocrats' strategies
That covers creatures, of course, but also Food, Treasures, Clues, and all the other artifact tokens that have made themselves at home in recent Magic
Either in classic form, or with a body in Bitterbloom Bearer version (or both), this provides consistent bodies to keep feeding your sacrifice engines with little fliers
Revive Kills Zombie: This IS a Final Fantasy game, after allbut note that only the Phoenix Down and Life 2 spells are instant kills (regular flavored Life/Revive only does the same damage that it would have granted as healing magic)