Decks that care about manipulating what cards are on top of their library, like Aminatou, the Fateshifter, Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow, and Golos, Tireless Pilgrim are running cards like Brainstorm, Vampiric Tutor, and Reclaim to put specific cards on top of their library, which gives you control of when you'll pull off a miracle Devastation Tide
Vampire history in the format goes through some 'waves of plenty' - which are basically specific moments where various useful cards are thrown to the tribe, usually because it's one of the themes of a set or block
If you time it correctly, this card could be great disruption to a good number of strategies that rely on a single-turn massive play
Phyrexian Tribute, Hazerider Drake, and River Boa are all examples of flavor text attributed to that author and book
Reaper's Scythe Reaper's Scythe has an interesting design in that the buff stays on the equipment, rather than the creature