The next official release was actually something I havent mentioned, Year of the Dragon 2024, which featured reprints of seven Dragon-related cards with art provided by Chinese artists
Like many of the cards on this list, Grim Monolith has never been reprinted
Even if its not, the hybrid mana cost makes it flexible to cast
Lean into the go-wide, token deck, remove the pointless auras
Creatures (5) Lands (19) Spells (36) 3 Disrupting Shoal 4 Blazing Shoal 4 Peer Through Depths 4 Dragonstorm 4 Muddle the Mixture 1 Snapback 1 Pact of Negation 1 Summoner's Pact 4 Ponder 4 Spell Pierce 4 Preordain 2 Gitaxian Probe Sideboard In Legacy, Preordain has mostly been overshadowed by Ponder and Brainstorm, but in Vintage, where those two are restricted, Preordain is king
Balefire Dragon for six mana is still a bit too good, so how did Wizards temper it