I'm also not huge on cards like Hour of Eternity and Havengul Runebinder either, because exiling cards from your own graveyard just doesn't feel all that great
This two-drop 0/1 flying Bird Pirate cannot block, and then when you deal combat damage to a foe with a Pirate, you explore here once for all of the damage dealt, and then that's just once per combat step unless you have one with double strike or at least two dorks one with first strike and one without
Milling three is useful, but at three mana it's just not enough to include if we aren't benefitting much from that cost reduction effect
Between these two decks, and the accessories I've touched on above, Shimmering Skies is really a fun, celebratory entry in this game that hasn't yet missed its mark at all
Top that off with an exceptionally strong attack trigger, to put a +1/+1 counter on each of your Vampire creatures when he attacks, you have yourself a constantly growing army to take down any opponent