Old Lab maniac is still relevant as an alternate win condition, in case you draw infinite cards, and technically wins in a way that Thoracle cant
How this happens varies wildly
Gloomshrieker The ability to return cards from your graveyard to your hand is a great effect, and Gloomshrieker allows you to do this while also dropping a creature
Static Prison can do huge work in any deck with white, but this is Leyline Binding in something like an energy control deck or an energy aggro deck, if either of those are things
Add this all together, and Dramatic Finale has some weird requirementsit cares about tokens and non-tokens to be fully powered, but if we can meet this requirement, it can be super powerful
THE HIGH LIFE IS OVERRATED Despite being a high-profile part of the game since Alpha , lifegain as a mechanic remains awkward to design around