Tutoring for Kaldra Compleat and dropping it in as a blocker is definitely a line I have taken
There arent any true elephant payoff cards nothing that says elephants you control get +1/+1 or Whenever an elephant enters the battlefield, do X. So if you're dreaming of a deck where elephants get stronger just for being elephants, you need to get a little creative
Well then, you've forgotten about Shards of Alara 's introduction of mythic rares
The reverse flaunts MTG branding
Playing Braids with Crucible of Worlds, Treasures, Clues, Bitterblossom and Dreadhorde Invasion will give you plenty of sacrifice fodder, and unless youre giving opponents fodder with Genesis Chamber, theyre unlikely to want to repay you in kind
Sheoldred is a staple in almost every black-based midrange deck in Standard and Pioneer