Nostalgia can also bring players back who have taken a break from the game or simply excite those who fondly remember a specific plane, mechanic, and/or characters
Atraxas Through the Ages alternate version, Sephiroth, the Savior is also Standard-legal until Phyrexia: All Will Be One rotates out of Standard
Thats probably just enough to be premium removal, especially in a set with Disturb creatures, most of which are small enough that this can exile
While Phabine is an ideal finisher, its also good for helping you get set up in the midgame
As creatures you can sacrifice to protect your board, this Spider-Man and Boromir should be fairly interchangeable unless you have specific synergies or flavor reasons to run just one of them
Moat (T1) This is the only card on this list that has seen play in only Type 1, so many of you might not be familiar with arguably the best on-board creature control card of all time