Way back I used to play a Rakdos aggro deck that, in a particularly good hand, was dealing 15-20 damage on turn 3 or 4
Obviously a crazy axe-wielding murderer with a deeply disturbing stare and the ability to stay alive even though you have wacked him over and over again
I especially like how much control you have over when this transforms because it only triggers off spells that cost 4 or more, or you can put counters on the Emperor so you just need to trigger it once or twice to flip
This will not only let you get multiple uses out of Giant Cobra, it will also keep your hand well-stocked, giving you lots of cards to discard to the Mysterious Advantage ability for tasty, tasty, game-winning lore
When this Overlord enters the battlefield, you get to make a tapped Everywhere land that has each basic land type
Hard to remove and with the potential to snowball out of control, Esika's Chariot has been one of the key pieces in the arsenal of a resurgent mono-green Standard deck