You can see how much of a mouthful the old-style text was on cards like Frost Titan, that would read Ward 2 instead if they were reprinted, which is where the mechanic got its older namesake, frost armor from
The Daily Bugle's news cycle is slower than sorcery-speed by today's standards, but the newsprint treatment makes each card a sort of headliner
In addition to this planeswalkers are far more abundant than when Blightning was first released simply because more have been printed and people are better at including them in their decks
Bello, Bard of the Brambles This Gruul commander from Bloomburrow has an awesome ability: During your turn, all your non-equipment artifacts and non-aura enchantments with mana value 4 or more turn into 4/4 indestructible elementals with haste
As proven by Austere Command, the ability to be flexible in what needs to be killed greatly increases its power even if it is killing creatures the large majority of the time