In commander, Elspeth most likely fits into superfriends archetypes where playing as many Magic: The Gathering planeswalkers as possible from War of the Spark or otherwise and using effects like Doubling Season and Atraxa, Praetors Voice to let them use their ultimate abilities early
Zen Takahashi Stoneforge Mystic is one of my absolute favourite Magic cards
Here is the Season 10 Thursdaddy Invitational Champion, Travis Hurt, and his custom card, Infernum, Abyssal Prison
In short, it is not simply that unique 4-card caps did not exist, but if they had existed at the time Limited Edition was released, they would have rendered large swaths of the set unplayable in 1993
Deathtouch creatures make every combat step a dangerous proposition, while your removal keep opponents on the defensive
Ajani, Outland Chaperone does less buffing, but generates lots of little creatures and has some of white's conditional removal