Because the surveil lands have basic land types, you can grab them with fetch lands or cards like Claim Jumper which makes them viable in just about every format
Be sure to pepper in some good creatures that you want to cast before Sauron, and that your opponents will have reason to burn off a removal spell on
Griselbrand gives big life swings, as does Sphinx of the Steel Wind however both are the preserve of combo style decks
While it could only at most garner two-for-one card advantage, this often was enough to fuel three-color, base-white decks such as the oddly named "PT Junk" and "PT Jank" decks
To plan for this, Camilo Madrigal Center Stage and Forest Duel let you get those characters right back
Although it's Simic for color identity, so it can only be with those two colors, it's easier to cast than your usual dork