Ask to play as a Spellweaver.
6 spells per round, and casting as a 12th level sorcerer is just plain shmexy.
1000 mile telepathy is also cool, especially with Mindsight.
Sadly, it's a 10 HD creature. One can dream, can't they?
Alternatively, Nymphs are great, but +7 LA. You have 1 LA available for what, you ask?
You:
-Cast spells as a 7th level Druid
-Add Charisma to your Saves
-You can blind people by flashing them
-Natural +8 to Charisma, along with other nice stat boosts, such as a +6 to your Wisdom.
Play as a Druid. By the time you hit Wild Shaping, you'll be casting 6th level spells.
Other nice, freakin' awesome races:
Choker. You have +5 LA to mitigate the sucky mental stats, so that you can have, you know, an EXTRA STANDARD ACTION PER ROUND!
Or, if you want to play something more melee...
Evolved Spectre. Attack only with touch attacks, for a cool, cool 2 negative levels per touch. Save based of Charisma. Oh, and anyone killed by this rises in 1d4 rounds as your servant.
This is how you play a undead warlord.
Doppleganger with 4 LA of other goodies can be really nice, as you can pretty much Alter Self whenever you want. Warshaper, anyone?
I support Unbodied, or...
I could go on ad nauseum.