While its less true than it used to be (thanks to FIRE design, cards designed for Best of 1, and increased modality/card draw in general), its still a key part of gameplay and it feels like what this mechanic, and in particular, gifting a card, was designed around
If you do lean into self-mill, flashback cards do extra work like Dread Return and Wake the Dragon
The combo starts by typically searching or sending "Water Enchantress of the Temple" to GY then using the effect of "Water Enchantress" to search "Rite of Aramesir", which culminates into searching or Summoning "Wandering Gryphon Rider", "Dracoback, the Rideable Dragon, or "Illegal Knight" to provide various disruption effects
There are no battle poses, no energy flying, no mid-evolution flash