In retrospect I do wish Id tucked just a few lizard scales into her design just a few here or there as a tiny nod to previous FOW incarnations
If you just have to play Ardoz because you're a hipster, use these: Warstorm Surge, Terror of the Peaks, Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded, Chandra, Flamecaller, Determined Iteration
If you also attack with Phyrexian Dragon Engine, you still trigger Mishras attacking trigger, but then meld the two
The cycling ability and the triggered ability are separate
Lets look at who these characters are and when they are most helpful
It'll give them all a minor stat boost as a static ability, but also let you steal any creatures your opponents control by tapping five Vampires