Also his +1 was solid too, as you could kill dorks, and then tap a blocker to hit with some stuff, or untap a dork post-attack to keep back and protect your Ral
I once ran a Norin the Wary deck that focused on these kinds of effects, and this looks very similar to me in the way you can make use of it
If the creature is already monstrous when the monstrosity ability resolves, nothing happens
Sauron, the Dark Lord It does seem like you need a fellowship to defeat this crazy ward cost, and because of that Sauron, the Dark Lord seems more powerful at better tables
The latest in a long line of Uros and Omnaths, cards that do everything, Binding the Old Gods is an absolute pillar of the format
Still, realistically, you should probably play basics over my off-color duals and play some other trump like Curse of Echoes or more counterspells instead