Isamaru has aged pretty well, indeed it likely just got a chunk better with Mox Amber
But Golbez, Crystal Collector is far from being as good as something like Contraband Kingpin since there just wont be enough cards to synergize with it
Not only do you have whatever color you need for your creatures, youve got colorless mana to pay for rocks and miscellaneous costs, AND youve got what will very quickly become a free source of Blood tokens
Lastly, there are even a couple of unique green lands that work well with card types like artifacts
No one will ever pay full retail mana cost for this metal menace (though it doesnt HAVE Menace, dont get confused!) Instead, Krang makes for a valuable top end to come down fast for artifact decks looking to stack damage
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