It excels as a storm commander that benefits from rituals like High Tide and Turnabout twice
Do the first for someone mana screwed to help them out (there is always someone) and then the last two to folks breaking an artifact like Skullclamp or Mind's Eye and then punish the other for holding a full grip
However, the most interesting aspect of this banning isn't the banning itself but the reasoning Aaron Forsythe gave in his article explaining the banning
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He likewise has haste, though as a 2/2, you may want to keep him back from fighting and use his abilities more than his attacks
7 Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient Though Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient may cost seven mana to cast, when paired with many other Dragons, it is capable of producing absurd amounts of mana