Chris Rahn certainly made sure to showcase one of his best work ever with this menacing (and very blood red) depiction of Elesh Norn controlling the once-good Nissa to do her bidding
Magic is currently at the top of its game, and I believe a lot of that is due to how fun Magic is to play, which is due in part to the hard work of all the designers
Her defining strength is passive power scaling without mana input
The strength of elves is a combination of their ability to flood the board with creatures and generate tons of mana, which can then be filtered into card draw or some sort of game-ending board pump effect
If you really need to escape a plane, you can roll a bunch and make it happen
Because shock lands have land types (Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, Forest), they are searchable with fetch lands, forming a powerful mana-fixing duo