Earthlink added more pain to losing a creature than ever before, as it made a player sacrifice a land when its creature went into the graveyard and Spectral Shield was the best in protecting a creature, as in addition to the +0/+2 boost it stated that this creature cannot be the target of further spells. There were gold creatures as well, Merieke Ri Berit, the legend, allowed you to gain control of target creature, but the the most widely used and celebrated gold legend from Ice Age was Skeleton Ship
On top of that, it has trample, which is something these kinds of creatures need because theyre regularly stopped by chump blockers
Sometimes they print cards that do something functionally the same as another card, but give it an extra kick
Love this Commander loads
Its incredibly easy to set up a board state full of creatures, then play a Consuming Tide to get a whole stack of Taeko triggers, before swinging in for lethal commander damage with an unblockable Turtle