Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines Besides the great vigilance body, the main thing going for Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines as a commander is that it can double all your ETB effects while denying your opponents, making a lot of your opponents cards vanilla
The metagame is completely out of whack, everyone is trying to figure out what works, and mono-red takes advantage of this confusion by mercilessly cracking in for damage
Previous Magic sets had given us Auras that limited a creature's ability to do damage, but they tended to be outside white's slice of the color pie
One final note about Aphetto Vulture
You can't cast Phone a Friend with an illegal mode chosen
* Checklist Cards: Used in sets with double-faced cards, these allow players to easily track which permanent is on the battlefield without revealing the double-faced card itself until needed