1 Brokers Ascendancy
If you are instructed to put a card that isn't a double-faced card onto the battlefield transformed, it will not enter at all
That would be a more appropriate threat to expect in a (much) higher power level
Meanwhile it brings a powerful presence

Bant Delirium | Shadows Over Innistrad Standard | Roman Fusco Creatures (16) 1 Bruna, the Fading Light 1 Gisela, the Broken Blade 1 Ishkanah, Grafwidow 1 Linvala, the Preserver 1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger 3 Tireless Tracker 4 Primal Druid 4 Thraben Inspector Instants (4) 1 Immolating Glare 3 Dissenter's Deliverance Sorceries (14) 1 Descend upon the Sinful 2 Nissa's Renewal 3 Fumigate 4 Spring // Mind 4 Traverse the Ulvenwald Enchantments (5) 1 Quarantine Field 4 Cast Out Lands (21) 6 Forest 2 Island 3 Plains 1 Irrigated Farmland 1 Lumbering Falls 2 Evolving Wilds 2 Scattered Groves 4 Fortified Village Sideboard (9) 3 Negate 1 Essence Scatter 2 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar 2 Declaration in Stone 1 Cataclysmic Gearhulk By hitting Delirium with creatures that acted mainly as chump blockers (Thraben Inspector and Primal Druid) and Spring // Mind (two card types) I was able to get insane value against various midrange creature strategies with Delirium cards like Descend Upon the Sinful and using Traverse the Ulvenwald for major threats like Gisela, the Broken Blade, and Bruna, the Fading Light

The life you gain from Absorb in other words is not free, you pay for it to the tune of a white mana