Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait has similar positive attributes to The Gitrog Monster, just with less of the graveyard interactions
But for a time, she was also a mother
You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs
To make them compelling, you really need to be at a smaller size, but there could be something there, and Nearby Planet is a way to really make them do their thing with some consistency
It sees nowadays mostly play against Hammer and artifact strategies, Rhino or Construct tokens and also helps against the powerful one drops like DRC, Ragavan and Deaths Shadow
They simply enter the battlefield attacking