Once a creature type that couldnt attack, they were later erratad to have the defender keyword, which prevents creatures with it from attacking
Billboards for the noodles are placed around the game, and Square Enix later updated the game with even more cup noodle-themed cosmetics
In a Dragon deck this will sweep all non-Dragons at the table, and thus save your team from sweepage, barring weird non-Dragon support stuff
Blood Artist is mostly just a great rate for a powerful effect for sacrifice decks, and this is more than enough for the card to show up in any Cube sporting a sacrifice theme
Another difference was that invitations to the World Championship could not be gained through Pro Tour Qualifiers
Loxi: I don't particularly like Stun on this scale in Commander, but again this is a really nice limited hitter