One major thing to keep in mind is that your seven lands have to have different names, so if you have six Forests and then play Field of the Dead, not much is going to happen
Sentinels Eyes on your largest creature shuts down the potential for an opponent to race it
Its nice to be able to temporarily resurrect a creature that may have died in an attack to use again, and it allows you to use looting effects to help you cheat out big creatures
For example, if you have two cards in hand and the chosen opponent has five, Thought Reflection will cause you to draw six cards instead of three
Note that if it was forked, you cannot win with it, as that won't count as "casting," but something that casts it for free from a non-hand source will count the first time, so something like Golos, Tireless Pilgrim can count as the first time you cast it, and net you seven life and stack it seven down
Damage prevention can be effectively turned off for a turn using cards like Bonecrusher Giants Stomp or Skullcrack