You can just use him to turn a deck full of loots into a deck full of draw a card effects as well
Game Plan Early Game The primary goal is to establish a draw engine (e.g., [[Mystic Remora]], [[Rhystic Study]], [[Esper Sentinel]]) or ramp into an early Shorikai activation
This tracks with the games design history: the Ravnica sets (2005, 2012, 2019) each flooded the card pool with gold cards
Convergence of Dominion is what makes the whole thing cheap
In 2004, for Magics self-referential joke set Unhinged, Wizards made a card called Ambiguity
Elvish Farmer One of the bog-standard Fallen Empires Thallids, Elvish Farmers sacrifice outlet grants you a two life bonus