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Although most of the typal cards from 2008 come from Morningtide , my pick for 2008 is actually from Shadowmoor : Shadowmoor (though two would later retroactively gain it)
The obvious solution, and the one we've most often used in the past, was to give it a WUBRG activation
There are several mages that tutor for artifacts, but this card only getting expensive artifacts gives it a little less utility than its contemporaries
You need to pay four mana and exile six artifacts to transform him - no easy task, though his self mill ability helps somewhat
While most strategies in the current meta focus on playing a slow early game to find resources and strike back in the late game, there are plenty of cards in the game that do not need to evolve, and these cards are often the focal point of some strategies