Dark Prophecy More resilient than the next few cards because its not a creature, Dark Prophecy is also harder to cast, harder to recur, and only triggers off your team
The deck is filled with creatures with powerful ETB effects, such as Palace Jailer and Setzer, Wandering Gambler, to generate tons of value and win the game through a massive boardstate
Legendary Creature Demon Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs less to cast for each artifact you control.) When Imskir Iron-Eater enters the battlefield, you draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is half the number of artifacts you control, rounded down
Lord is a term in magic given to a permanent that gives +X/+X to your team, usually +1/+/1 as seen on Diregraf Captain
If you're at a low life total and in desperate need of some blockers, however, casting Reanimate multiple times may not be the way to go