While it's a great tool to get as many treasures as needed to win via Revel in Riches, the color of Parallel Lives makes it more used in Tokenator and weenie decks, especially in Selesnya decks
We get access to three Game Changers in this list, and I've chosen Worldly TutorWorldly Tutor, Crop RotationCrop Rotation, and Ancient TombAncient Tomb
Token strategies are also common and Plague Engineer can shut down a lot of the smaller token creatures (unless you are running Divine Visitation)
Discard a Pokemon Tool and a Special Energy from that Pokemon
You can go wide with loads of dorks (even forcing mass removal is less issue as that will also remove the pesky Merfolk), you can go round with various forms of evasion or you can just plow right through it
Because Basils ability triggers whenever a cards is added to the Inkwell, you can pull of the whole Prince John/Basil/Discard/Draw effect by having this card in play alone (assuming you have characters in your discard)