So, aside from being powerful in its own right, Vivi Ornitier has a lot of support that you can use to create a very effective spellslinger deck
Main Collectable Card Games Magic: The Gathering Season of Renewal Season of Renewal Casting Cost: Card Type: Instant Card Text: Choose one or both - Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand
Most of these have since been reprinted as Rares or Mythics, but these format staples origins are surprisingly humble

Adrix and Nev Token Doublers Adrix and Nev, Twincasters | Illustration by Andrew Mar Commander (1) Planeswalkers (3) Nissa, Voice of Zendikar Garruk, Primal Hunter Oko, the Ringleader Creatures (20) Elvish Mystic Llanowar Elves Cankerbloom Coiling Oracle Elvish Visionary Kazandu Tuskcaller Champion of Wits Reclamation Sage Biowaste Blob Nadir Kraken Tireless Provisioner Arasta of the Endless Web Master Biomancer Mirrorhall Mimic Reef Worm Timeless Witness Quina, Qu Gourmet Mitotic Slime Progenitor Mimic Rampaging Baloths Instants (14) March of Swirling Mist Tamiyo's Safekeeping Counterspell Decisive Denial Defend the Rider Deprive Double Major Growth Spiral Beast Within Cackling Counterpart Curious Herd Perplexing Test Elminster's Simulacrum Supplant Form Sorceries (15) Ponder Portent Preordain Blue Sun's Twilight Farseek Nature's Lore Rampant Growth Cultivate Kodama's Reach Quasiduplicate Rite of Replication Overrun Shamanic Revelation Titania's Command Clone Legion Enchantments (3) Awakening Zone Paradox Zone Zendikar's Roil Artifacts (7) Sol Ring Arcane Signet Mind Stone Simic Signet Talisman of Curiosity Mimic Vat Sequence Engine Lands (37) Ash Barrens Command Tower Evolving Wilds Forest x16 Hinterland Harbor Island x10 Simic Growth Chamber Tangled Islet Tanglepool Bridge Temple of Mystery Thornwood Falls Vineglimmer Snarl Yavimaya Coast Where Jinnie Fay went tall, Adrix and Nev, Twincasters is a token deck that wants to go wide

From there, you can attack right away, get some energy for your troubles, and pay eight energy to kill some major threats or even send a bunch of damage at an opponents face