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They can deal with threats and enable powerful creatures

For opponents, one could force them to draw on a full hand, meaning they'd have to discard all three cards

Suddenly your 4/4 is a 6/6 that gives all of your permanents hexproof - which is absurd on its own - and then also puts two +1/+1 counters on each of your creatures at the beginning of combat on your turn

If you have the life to spare, Sylvan Library is ready to become a Necropotence proxy

Finally, you can mitigate the damage you take as it comes via creatures like Souls Attendant or Essence Warden, or gain a bunch of life through cards like Exsanguinate and Debt to the Deathless to offset early losses