One of the reasons it has stood the test of time is the card design and dimensions are consistent across all editions and formats
(Or destroying all of your Mountains I suppose.) For the game, you get in extra hit after extra hit, piling on more and more damage that you would not have benefited from otherwise
Cards similar to Visions of Phyrexia include A-Visions of Phyrexia
There's no way to verify it overall, but of the five most recent Nath decks (again using the Recent Decks feature on his page), three of the five have zero recursion, zero ways to sacrifice the body for value, and zero OverrunOverrun-type effects that would utilize Ewit's body
Soulless Revival Soulless Revival is a simple and effective way to recover some creatures from your graveyard to your hand
When it dies or is exiled, return it to the battlefield tapped.) Aang, at the Crossroads's delayed triggered ability triggers at the beginning of the next upkeep regardless of whose turn it is