In former art, hes been an imposing dragon defending his horde
You cant counter it, and you cant remove it the turn it comes down, so its hard to deal with it efficiently
The end result is anyone's guess, but the fact that War of the Spark and (presumably) Modern Horizons are going to shake up the Modern meta does explain why we haven't seen any bannings or unbannings recently, even though few people would shed a tear if Tron, Dredge, Faithless Looting, or free spells like Manamorphose left the format
We were unsure if Tivit deserved to be in Tier 2 or Tier 1
Being able to get any card you want is essential to combo decks, especially in singleton formats like cEDH
It gets you loads of life gain, and makes one of your legendary creatures indestructible until your next turn