For a long time, it was also the best option in the category for green decks in Commander, and therefore saw a good amount of play
ETB has accessories
My build oriented toward Aura-enchantress (partially as I was fresh off of Sigarda, and partially because Jeskai auras is kinda neat)
The El Shadoll archetype was one of the first sets to introduce a card engine that could compete with the current meta at the time

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