Shauku, Endbringer | Illustration by Pete Venters It would be very difficult to get around the reserved list
Its not fancy, but its powerful, consistent, and basically always good
However, you can also learn a lot about how the game has changed just by tracing the rise and fall of various mechanics in old sets and by doing a some comparisons between old and new creatures
Legendary Creature Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar 1B, T, Sacrifice another creature: Draw X cards, where X is that creatures power
These scratches are often invisible to the naked eye under normal lighting but become immediately apparent when a card is rotated under direct or angled illumination, which is exactly how professional graders examine submissions
Because most animate land cards give the animated land the elemental creature type, you can get lots of value from cards that synergize with elementals like Omnath, Locus of the Roil and Kaheera, the Orphanguard to squeeze a little more value from these cards