After a love affair with a powerful nobleman soured, she took to painting monsters that, in her mind, represented the man who jilted her
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain tutors legendary permanents, Kethis, the Hidden Hand discounts legendary spells, Jodah, the Unifier chains legendary spells cast from your hand into free lower-mana-value legendary nonland spells from your library, and Dihada, Binder of Wills digs for legendary cards while making Treasures for revealed cards put into your graveyard
CotW put nine power on the battlefield spread across four creatures for six mana, an amazing value
The tribe that just missed out was Beasts (were just a bit too much like Wurmsdespite strong entries in Protean Hulk and Trygon Predatorit was mostly strong beaters with little in the way of support, removal, and variety of size and casting cost)
Lorwyn Eclipsed has all these new Blight cards and fun hybrid mana creatures, but the true all stars for Standard are efficient, cheap, and often stand-alone engines
