Putting 12 power and toughness into play each turn cycle overwhelms the table swiftly, especially when it comes about in a manner that triggers Elemental Bond and similar effects four times
Black didnt have a cheap and reliable removal spell like Lightning Bolt or Path to Exile before this was printed, and Push revolutionzed black removal when it was printed
If you plan on countering the enemy Morphs with Chalice of the Void, it should not have any charge counters
There is nothing quite like a first turn Llanowar Elves, except of course, a Birds of Paradise (in my opinion, the best creature in Magic )
Let's look at what we know
(My Equinaut Deck is a deck based around Equilibrium and Fleetfoot Panther that plays and replays creatures with self-bounce triggers to abuse various triggers like Aura Shards, the bounce trigger, or tap them before they had back with Opposition, and so forth)