In exchange for some life, you get to generate both mana and cards
Its never fun to have your creatures get sent to the graveyard in Magic: The Gathering, unless you have a way to bring them back
It might not look like much at first glance, but Delver is so strong that they named an entire deck archetype after it in Magic's cheaper competitive format, Pauper
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This allows you to ramp up the mana discount you can get from Rowan, Scion of War, pumping it all into a splashy bomb like Torment of Hailfire or Meathook Massacre II