For instance, despite all five Titans being legal, Elesh Norn was a dominant Standard card on multiple occasions, most memorably in its role of what you can Birthing Pod a Titan or Wurmcoil Engine into. Creatures (28) 1 Llanowar Elves 1 Solemn Simulacrum 4 Birds of Paradise 1 Acidic Slime 1 Inferno Titan 1 Wurmcoil Engine 1 Viridian Emissary 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite 4 Blade Splicer 1 Fiend Hunter 3 Avacyn's Pilgrim 1 Geist-Honored Monk 4 Strangleroot Geist 4 Huntmaster of the Fells Lands (24) Spells (8) In a format full of haymakers, Elesh Norn was one for the ages, particularly alongside lots of small, dorky creatures like Llanowar Elves and Germ tokens
(Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.) Your opponents can't gain life
Fusion Summon 1 Fusion monster using materials from your hand and/or field
Hugs, Grisly Guardian from MTGs Bloomburrow set is a huge, well-muscled menace that can Trample over opponents, impulse draw as it enters, and drastically improve your Land output
Uxie would be your main source of draw-power
