First, the deck features a number of incredibly strong creatures with powerful abilities, which serve as targets for your +1/+1 counters
7 Metalwork Colossus Metalwork Colossus is an artifact payoff that can hit the battlefield for little to no mana, so long as you're running a healthy number of non-creature artifacts
By morning, the fire was out and Ellwen was gone
Archmages Charm is extremely pushed, a solid permission spell, a good way to build card advantage for hitting land drops, and a fantastic tool against Deaths Shadow, Wild Nacatl, Goblin Guide, Pyxis of Pandemonium, Champion of the Parish, Aether Vial, Delver of Secrets, Hardened Scales, Amulet of Vigor, Benthic Biomancer, Glistener Elf, Noble Hierarch, Viscera Seer, and sometimes even Hexdrinker (just to mention a few)
11 Sakura-Tribe Elder Can't Keep A Good Snake Down A Magic: The Gathering creature that has extensively been played since it was printed back in Champions of Kamigawa
Pious Evangel, Campaign of Vengeance, Kambal, Consul of Allocation, and Wayward Servant all nodded to the theme