It also self-combos as you know, because it'll sacrifice a Forest or Plains for any land
Correctly identifying what each die on an opponents creatures represented made this a resoundingly unfun experience, and Wizards has focused on only using +1/+1 or -1/-1 counters at any given time since then
Landfall is obviously a good payoff in a deck like this, so for our early game, were producing extra mana with Lotus Cobra, seeing more cards with Valakut Exploration, and making token blockers with Springheart Nantuko
Ardyn can exile cards from the graveyard to make big demon tokens, which gives Ardyn a powerful army to make to finally claim his throne
Its other abilities will tell you how it benefits the equipped creature, and it can be attached to other creatures you control using its equip ability
It wasnt Commander yet, but it was definitely a more social and less competitive style of play than Wizards was focused on when I joined the company in 2007