That was my team
Mantle of the Ancients gives the creature +1/+1 for each Aura or Equipment card attached to it
Whats incredibly surprising is that, back then, Captain Hook, Forceful Duelist was at the bottom of the list overall, so its quite a turnaround to see it at the very top of the list, even after numerous sets of the main game are out in the wild
Every player has a couple of cards they saw when they started playing that blew their minds and seemed like the strongest thing they had ever seen, even though reality was rarely as kind
In a recent article, I began with Lord of Tresserhorn and ended with three major hosers: graveyard (Planar Void), nonbasics (Magus of the Moon), and enters the battlefield abilities (Torpor Orb)
Its also potentially one of the easier ones to make indestructible, too