I think more people fondly remember Ascendant Evincar for how it was splashed across the Nemesis marketing and reprinted several times, but it's just not that great
The stat- and ability-changing effect is permanent, even if Lizard bites the big one (ask Andrew Garfield how that turns out)
Galazeth Prismari Unsurprisingly, this commander that taps artifacts for mana works well with previously mentioned cards like Winter Orb
Colossal Majesty At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, draw a card Enchantresss Presence Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, draw a card Kenriths Transformation Enchant creature When Kenriths Transformation enters the battlefield, draw a card Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a green Elk creature with base power and toughness 3/3 Snake Umbra Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card Totem armor The Best Green Card Draw Abilities on Creatures Another good source of green card draw comes from abilities on creatures
Different designers have their favorite kinds of abilities, and one of the things Aaron really enjoys is modal effects