Against a board wipe, you can sacrifice creatures before it resolves to get value or trigger dies effects
Having more decent protection that isnt color-restricted is always good
Modern was once an 'eternal' format, where deck archetypes were stable for years, slowly acquiring new tech whenever potent cards were printed into Standard
So if you're interested in an Elfball deck that snowballs out of control and uses tokens to fuel a ton of different things, then Elven Empire is the deck for you
Edge whitening, corner wear, and centering (how even the borders are on each side) are the raw ingredients of the condition estimate, so cropped edges mean a vaguer value range
Hopefully, the reprint of the first set will alleviate this issue, and Im hoping Disney will ensure that Rise of the Floodborn has sufficient cards from the start so people will actually get a chance to play the game.