Especially the printings of Solitude, Fury and Grief helped the card going up in playability and usefulness, so as long as those cards stay relevant in the format, Ephemerate will continue to see play
From the existence of Ronfa and his Koa'ki Meiru of plants, development etc
It has Flying, of course, but something more fun is that they actually managed to fit in the flavour of a phoenix by having it be able to regenerate after death -- admittedly, going from the graveyard to the opponent's hand and being forced to stay there for an extra turn is very slow, but the principle of the matter is there
Beginners: Focus on draw and search to avoid dead hands
Sabin had never wanted to be king, so Edgar used the rigged coin flip as a way to allow Sabin to leave Figaro guilt-free, and pursue his life as a monk as he preferred
There are a vast array of poor statted, poor tempo four drop dorks you can run in this kind of deck, you can get away with one or two in a list to plug some holes but too many is going to make your deck bad