(Any amount of damage a creature with deathtouch deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) The venom softens tissue and liquefies internal organs, allowing the slivers to feed freely without wasting time chewing
There are plenty of ways to generate Food for free, and its a fine mana sink later
By contrast you essentially never cast Boon of the Wish-Giver
Also, it doesnt have a timing restriction, so you can use Verminister in response to removal or to animate surprise blockers
Not to mention access to the Tolarian Academy effect that makes the Walking Ballista a sort-off inevitable win (if we somehow get locked out of the mindslaver effect) HOW TO MULLIGAN: HOW TO MULLIGAN: Game 1 Do not "Tron" fish - The deck is a control deck masquerading as a Tron Deck, though the deck has the potentiality to "go off" on turn 4, we do not prioritize the Tron lands in our opening hand
Each of the cards is offensive in its own way: Fury kills multiple Elves at once, whereas Solitude is in the same colour as Ephemerate, a combination which is extremely frustrating to fight through