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In fact, one could easily argue that they still havent, when it comes to the spikier formats like Modern and Legacy anyway
In lists like Grixis Deaths Shadow, it can even assume creative offensive roles by buffing up Deaths Shadow or removing Kroxas sacrifice trigger
From top-decking a single four-mana aura, you might suddenly conjure up a massive giga-threat with all your enchantments on it then when it dies, do all that again
Then you can spend three to recur it from your graveyard to your hand, awesome in just the front side, before crafting with four mana
The Underworld Cookbook needs four mana and to sacrifice itself to recur the creature, but as an artifact has many ways to be recurred itself