Before Griselbrand, Reanimator had to use something like Jin Gitaxias, Core Augur or Iona, Shield of Emeria, and the best Show and Tell could do before Griselbrand was either Emrakul, the Aeons Tornan already somewhat problematic threator some combo involving multiple additional cards like Omniscience or Hive Mind
A 3/4 with double strike that becomes hexproof whenever it attacks can also close games quickly - expect to see plenty of The Wandering Rescuer if there are enough small White creatures to build around
On top of this, relying on TCGplayers market price during the presale period can be rather unreliable
Finally, your wizards can form a formidable army, and overpower your opponent by attacking into their empty board (which you have created with all your counter magic)
For three mana, Alesha is a Red 3/2 with first strike