Its a little slower given it comes in tapped, but when you do get to untap with it, youre going to have a bunch of extra colored mana to play with which is what makes Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx so good in the first place
A general rule of thumb is for creatures to make up 50-60% of the deck, ensuring you can consistently curve out and apply pressure
Blame power creep, or the aggressive nature of the best MTG Arena decks right now, but it seems unlikely to me that many decks can cope with a two-drop on their own side of the field that continuously blats them in the face for large chunks of damage
Rules 03/19/21 Creatures dont necessarily have to be dealt lethal damage by Anger of the Gods to be exiled
This can fit in any aggressive deck, especially ones that play larger creatures that youd want to give haste
For two black and X mana, you can force any player to draw X cards and lose X life