Everything that can be sacrificed is going in the graveyard, every removal spell is aiming in the wrong direction
Ive seen plenty of games where Elspeth resolved on an empty board, made three tokens, and slowly buried the table under Soldier swarms
Chain Lightning Lightning Bolt at sorcery speed is still good, and Chain Lightning adds to the redundancy of I need lots of three damage spells for one mana that burn decks crave
The mechanic was widely liked by fans because it led to some great Limited gameplay, and some pretty bad gameplay thanks to Zombie Cutthroat being in every deck that was lucky enough to open it
One felt very much like a Magic card and the other actually felt much more study
Noble is pretty savage against removal light decks, any board stalls, and anything creature heavy