It was the main overarching storyline of Magic , before the Gatewatch saga and Nicol Bolas came onto the scene, and returning to it ahead of the game's 30th anniversary is bound to give long-time fans a trip down memory road (just check out the preview card we got)
Notably, opponents can't try to remove the permanent you wish to sacrifice
With protection from red and white, this 3-drop gets around a decent chunk of all removal spells, and first strike plus infect easily tears apart the blockers that protection doesnt get around already
Pacifism really hit the flavor of white pretty well - it was removal that wasn't really permanent removal (Pacifism itself could be removed), but it kept the creature at bay indefinitely
A creature with multiple exalted counters will have that many instances of exalted
These include classics like Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, and Command Tower