There were so many options for 2004's Best Artifact: Arcbound Ravager Cranial Plating Aether Vial Crucible of Worlds Darksteel Colossus Engineered Explosives Krark-Clan Ironworks Mycosynth Lattice Sword of Fire and Ice Trinisphere Sensei's Diving Top All these cards came close to taking the top spot, being banned in multiple formats for taking up too much time during games and offering cheap and efficient card-filtering
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Its also the only black Giant on the list, so it might not fit with what were trying to do, but its certainly good enough to warrant consideration
Now things like UW control can toss in one of these and not be completely cold to Wolf Run or random manlands
Stinkweed Imp and Golgari Thug are both great blockers, with the death-trigger ability on Golgari Thug very relevant
For 5 mana probably not worth playing unless you are focused on spawns and scions