The deck also attacks combo decks from a different angle than most blue decks, as much of its disruption is based on discard rather than countermagic
Elves are the predominant creature used to represent greens color identity of harmony with nature and abundant growth, which gets reflected in the types mechanical identity that often produces mana and makes your elves better when you have more elves
Another opportunity is the EDH Commander, where the original Lazav from Return of Ravnica had its moments
It's not exactly 'lightning from your fingers', but Brash Taunter is one of the funniest creatures in Magic, just having the little guy out can make you much harder to attack into, and before your turn if you didn't need to remove/burn something you can use mana you're holding up to pick a fight with the biggest creature on board
Now, while the premise is pretty simple, there are some details I'd like to discuss before going into the details of the actual list
(Near flawless grade, only .5 short of a black label)