If you cast two or three Beasts after resolving Slinza, you end up so far ahead of mana, it should be an easy win, and I never need an excuse to play Thragtusk
They were never the best options available, but they were always an option that was available, which used to be enough when everyone was just building 100-card piles out of their collections
Starn has a static ability that reads "Whenever another source you control deals exactly 1 damage to a permanent or player, Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph deals 2 damage to that permanent or player"
The most valuable Journey Together card is Build & Battle Display Box, currently worth about $284 raw
RobertStadler9 put it succinctly: Wizards puts a lot of work into paper draft formats (for standard sets, anyway)