Angels are combat-focused, so Giada's ability to add increasing +1/+1 counters to each creature is vital
If you paid the evoke cost, which was usually cheaper, you'd sacrifice the creature when it entered
Not to mention, you have the chance to get a nonbasic land with Planar Genesis, which could shift the game in your favor depending on what you hit
If you use characters like Chernabog to shuffle discarded characters back into your hand, you can create a loop of characters that challenge others before eventually returning to your hand
Another card with Resist, Tiana is interesting in that her ability only activates when a player has no cards in their hand
Then, we can cast (or reanimate) Loaming Shaman to shuffle 20-ish creatures from our graveyard into our library and win the game on the spot with Syr Konrad, the Grim damage