Efficient Construction is a valuable card, creating a 1/1 flying Thopter with each artifact you cast
interestingly, Sixth Edition rules, which got rid of interrupts, changed the card back to its Alpha wording).Island Sanctuaryprotected you against creature damage from any nonflying, non-islandwalk creature, even your own (prompting a fun AlphaOrcish Artillery/Island Sanctuarydeck)
The near-universal ignorance of the amphin in every major university from Ardestan to Lesh is simultaneously evidence of the amphins' power, and of their nefarious intent
And while Deathrite Shaman was almost strictly superior to Birds, Deathrite has been banned in Modern, and is no longer playable
This ring has it all Well, almost