Typal archetypes are fun and all, but they get old fast
This is typically a blue ability, with cards like Sleep and Assassin Gauntlet, though white gets in on the fun with Blinding Light, Bond of Discipline, and a few others
The rest of the cycle from Eventide are equally enigmatic, like Overbeing of Myth (those are owls on the shoulders and head of a humanoid with a blindfolded face), Nobilis of War (yes, its a goat chariot), Deity of Scars (your standard minotaur-esque fella) and Dominus of Fealty (a flying Eldar wizard made of clouds)
And you have no reason to exert him
Ravnica had been revolutionary in many ways, but it came up short because it was often hard to play three-color decks, something the Ravnica block encouraged, especially in Draft when you added the second and third sets of the block