Since the forage cost can be paid by either sacrificing a Food or by exiling three cards from your graveyard, you can keep your cards around and just turn those Food tokens into a buffer army
Will of the Council can also be seen as making literal the group ownership all players have over the narrative of a game, since it affords everyone equal say in the outcome regardless of their boardstate
Beyond that, it has one of the most useful and efficient draw abilities Ive seen in a while
Laura Croft, Tomb Raider Laura Croft, Tomb Raider is the only green card with raid , so she provides a lot of utility as a Commander
It's a lot of versatility in one card, and here your mana isn't being taxed, just the speed
Llanowar Greenwidow is a mid-sized spider you can recur from your graveyard