of course, these days its easy to collect a set of four Mythic Rares if you can afford to thanks to sites such as Cardmarket, eBay and others but back when MTG was first released, it wasnt as straightforward to find specific cards in the wild
It really wants you to go wide with creatures, then create abundant Treasure and stuff
*Buy Blastoise ex Special Illustration Rare 200 cards on eBay, Amazon, and TCGPlayer Venusaur ex Special Illustration Rare 198 If you are looking for the value play among the starters, Venusaur is your best bet
While I personally wouldnt say this is one of the top five blue cards in Modern, it has been a solid addition to Grixis Shadow as it can combo with Deaths Shadow to create a 13/13 creature for a turn irrespective of your life total, as well as being a solid addition to sideboards of many blue decks in the format
Noyan Animate Lands Noyan Dar, Roil Shaper is one of the most unique commanders out there, using Spellslinger to fuel an Animate Land strategy not in Green