Steel ink carries some similar emotional associations through armor, order, defense, and endurance
Yuffie Kisaragi (Yuriko, the Tigers Shadow) Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow often serves as an entry point for players looking to get into cEDH, but its quite powerful at all power levels since commander ninjutsu cheats the commander tax
Modern cards offer similar discard-for-spell outlets, like Call the Bloodline
As long as there are no blockers on your opponents side or other flying creatures, the now 22/22 dragon can take a player out with commander damage
Legendary Planeswalker - Jace Color tag templates(None) Jace, the Living Guildpact +1: Look at the top two cards of your library
Lastly, the 5/5 mode might not matter the bigger your creatures get, but when you use it on a creature that relies on +1/+1 counters, it's basically a kicked Might of Murasa