The illusion ability has echoes of offspring, which probably isnt completely intentional, but still pretty great from a flavor perspective (as well as a deckbuilding perspective if you want to create plenty of ETB abilities or plan on going wide)
Chip damage is still relevant, of course (and I always encourage you to attack someone instead of rolling a dice, because theres always a correct attack), but its even more relevant now that big swings can come out of nowhere
Do you need to keep that Underworld Breach while digging for Lion's Eye Diamond
Affinity for artifacts makes it cheap to cast, and cards like Thought Monitor and Myr Retriever help flood the battlefield and boost its power
Winding Way Another typically green card quality card in that it is a bit different
You can pay five mana and your whole Elf army gets +3/+3 and trample until the end of turn, a classic overrun that ends games out of nowhere