It has a somewhat painful mana value of , and if that wasnt enough, each turn you have to pay to keep them alive thats early MTG for you folks
If you see a Lions Eye Diamond, a Yawgmoths Will, an Underworld Breach or, worst, a Brain Freeze in the drafting, you have to at least think about how you will be able to handle these kind of cards, and the strategies cards like this foster, if you happen to be paired against the drafters that picked these up
1 Brightstone Ritual
Meanwhile, Dwynen's Elite is helpful in comboing off with Heritage Druid while we only have a single Nettle Sentinel because it puts two bodies on the battlefield, which gives us enough creatures to make three more mana with Heritage Druid by tapping Nettle Sentinel, Dwynen's Elite, and the Elf token
You have plenty of card draw to reach that point between your commander and draw spells like Skullclamp and Collective Unconscious