If your playgroup wants to try some silver-bordered cards that arent overly crazy, The Cheese Stands Alone may be a good place to start
Lets start with the Showcase variants for this set, of which there are two: Monster Manual frames and the Classic Module treatment
For example, Forge Anew is a gamechanger for this and all equipment decks
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Ive had a good amount of success with this green creature in elf decks, especially those using Rhys the Redeemed to create a large number of token creatures