Instant speed is a huge deal, especially when you're trying to deal with a stack of Ocelot Pride tokens before they can attack
Aether Vial Aether Vial is one of the bigger Modern (and to lesser of an extent, Legacy) reprints in the set
He rewards you for making his power reach his 'limit break' of power 7 or greater, for which the deck contains massive Equipment cards like Colossus Hammer
With new sub-types of lands usually they only introduce a few and it's kind of meh, if there are enough towns you might be able to do neat things with them, there's already an obvious town commander in Wandering Minstrel, but they'll probably end up being pretty inconsequential there
It is not glamorous, but it works
When you think of translating 37 years of history, what were you looking for