This was one of those cards that a lot of decks were on the edge of playing, either because they couldn't quite get threshold reliably or they didn't want to splash one of the colors, inviting them to play a high-risk but high-reward game with their mana bases that both cost them games and won them games they had little right to win
The patience is the mono-black grind, winning the long game instead of the fast one
There are plenty of combos that use Sensei's Divining Top, a cost reducer, and a way to play it off the top of your library, like Mystic Forge to draw your entire deck and rack up a near-infinite storm count
Top 5 Red Common/Uncommons Ghostfire Slice More than just my MC name, this is a serviceable one mana removal spell for red decks
4 Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant Graveyards Creating Tokens Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant does cost a fair bit of mana to use, but it pays off as soon as it connects to an opponent for damage
Bloodforged Battle-Axe First there was Bonesplitter, then came Darksteel Axe, and now you have a replicating axe with Bloodforged Battle-Axe