Giving +1/+4 to all creature tokens will make them very hard to kill in combat as well, which makes up for the steep 4 it costs to have Prava make a 1/1 for you
It's absolutely fantastic how the iconic wizard duel from The Sword and the Stone was recreated through a series of cards featuring the various animal forms the magicians take
With white-black hybrid, of course
DRAGONLORD OJUTAI Before we leave that Dragon-heavy period in Standard, lets hear from Dragonlord Ojutai, perhaps the most iconic Dragon from that period of competitive Magic
Id hardly call it the first Balduvian monster, though
The blue-green frogs of Bloomburrow played around in blink territory (get it, they bounce themselves?), but most frogs basically exist as a worldbuilding tool for various Magic sets