The primary way of winning now is to just deal a lot of damage and hope it's enough
It has amazing ageless art, but it also draws a card, has flying and deathtouch as a 1/1 for one mana, and is a perfect creature for control decks
Ajani Vengeant Armageddon Bear Umbra Bend or Break Bontu's Last Reckoning Boom // Bust Catastrophe Chaos Orb Cleansing Decree of Annihilation Desolation Angel Devastation Elspeth Tirel Eye of Singularity Fall of the Thran From the Ashes Impending Disaster Jalum Grifter Jokulhaups Landfill Mine Layer Myojin of Infinite Rage Obliterate Ravages of War Ruination Scourglass Solar Tide Strategy, Schmategy The Argent Etchings Urza's Sylex Wake of Destruction Winter's Chill Wrath of Leknif (playtest) Zacama, Primal Calamity
I think these are all pretty "strange monsters," but a monster movie purist might rule some of these out as actual Kaiju
It used to be a highly first pickable card where as now it is just a decent card
6 Teachings Of The Archaics Teachings of the Archaics is a valuable tool to keep in your back pocketyour back pocket being your sideboard in this case