when you trample, any amount of damage is enough to kill the thing you hit, so if you attack into a 4/4 with a 4/4, and cast Status on your creature, not only do you survive, but you deal a full 4 to the defending player
Let me introduce you to Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
Having seen the amount of cards Suspended in that deck, this seems incredibly useful
Lets compare that to the number of Allies in Battle for Zendikar that managed to spark a couple of the decks core components
We recognize that there has been a fair amount of discussion of both Dockside Extortionist and Thassas Oracle
Energy is something that comes natural to these kinds of decks as well, since Harnessed Lightning is a cheap way to remove creatures and generate more Energy to feed to Lathnu Hellion