I love my illuminated and the flexibility they seem to bring. With them (2 or 3), some beckoners and a stitched together I base the rest of my list off of what I'm feeling that night towards schemes and junk.
Mr Graves gives great movement early on for your crew, and can mess with your opponents set up later on.
For 10 Thunders, I haven't tried it yet, but read that the torokage and move HD around faster with Mistaken Identity. Not 100% though since I don't have their card on me.