Even if it didnt pass the vanilla test everytime it was cast, it seems very plausible that a hard-to-combat knight that rewarded you for playing mono black would have been a force to be reckoned with at a time when creatures were not what they are today
Lorehold Spirit (white-red) Commander: Quintorius, Strategy: Create Spirits as cards leave your graveyard, and then buff them in order to deal massive damage
Upgrade 7 On a similar note, we have Painful Quandary
Eric Danger Taylor and I played Grixis Control: Creatures (2) Lands (26) 4 Swamp 4 Mountain 10 Island 4 Urborg Volcano 4 Salt Marsh Spells (32) 3 Urza's Rage 2 Lobotomy 3 Terminate 3 Yawgmoth's Agenda 4 Void 4 Undermine 4 Recoil 4 Opt 4 Fact or Fiction 1 Spite Sideboard Highlights: Fact or Fiction + Yawgmoths Agenda
Delney, Streetwise Lookout Delney, Streetwise Lookout Murders at Karlov Manor, Mythic Delney, Streetwise Lookout from Murders of Karlov Manor is an exciting option to lead a bury of Hare Apparents as the Human Scout enables you to double-up on triggers with any creature you control with power two or less, meaning you can create double the Rabbit tokens for each Hare Apparent that enters play