If you have a way to exile it from the graveyard before the persist ability resolves, say with Scavenging Ooze, you can fizzle the ability to prevent the creature from coming back
The drawback is that Jeleva can ETB, hit some amazing spells, then die and never cast them
Never rely on a single alt-wincon hold protection, or pair it with the drain package as a backup
Flavor and fun aside, the other colors lag far behind Green in their ability to consistently pull off a game plan that doesnt involve cheap combos
Add in the low supply of many Reserved List cards (which occasionally allows sellers to manipulate the headline price number by listing a copy at an unrealistically high price point, which is how we ended up with Moat at $100,000 this week, even with a BSG 9.5 copy for sale at $3,400 and a played copy at $1,500), and the headline price of a card tends to overstate the price that you can actually get the card for, if you are willing to lower your standards a bit