I remember my first 300pt army, which won our local MK tournament back in the day. MK 1.0 was a straightforward slugfest, with no cards, no items, no surge, and minimal titans.
Zombie Baron 82pt. Limited Invisibility, Magic Levitation, Command, and later Necromancy. This guy lures potential victims by letting them get close to it, Limited Invisibility grants him ranged atk immunity. Then Magic Levitate the victim next to…
Order of Uhlrik 88pt. Sneak Attack, Command, Flight, Battle armor then later Vampirism. Delivering a massive 8 clicks of damage with a sneak attack to the victim or…
Gatelord 130pt. 14 Sweep attack, 17 Invulnerability, Flight, and Battle Fury, One swing at this monster, and that unit is good a gone. 5 clicks of damage plus 8 from Uhlrik is almost a sure death.