You do need to deal combat damage to steal artifacts, but with its flying and trample, this is trivially done and will trigger even if just one damage gets through
I would respond by Thoughtseize on Elixir of Immortality, and then we end up in a situation similar to the play Warden first situation described above...except my opponent gets one less attack in
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Plot Coupon: The aforementioned Rose Cards, though they have a fairly deep backstory attached to them
I suppose there's some decent interaction with the webslinging ability and the card would be pretty great with Scarlet Spider, Ben Reilly - but that's hardly a popular commander
Now that we have the full set to pore over, its official: Final Fantasy has the most legendary creatures of any expansion in Magic: The Gathering history