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For example, many Faeries in the old sets were green

Graded Population Report: Delinquent #98 Visualize the distrbution of grades in the chart

Theres also plenty of ramping options, such as [scryfall]Farhaven Elf[/scryfall], [scryfall]Wood Elves[/scryfall] or [scryfall]Fertilid[/scryfall], not to mention all sorts of bullets, such as [scryfall]Scavenging Ooze[/scryfall], [scryfall]Reclamation Sage[/scryfall], [scryfall]Loaming Shaman[/scryfall], or [scryfall]Selkie Hedge-Mage[/scryfall]

It means you can kill creatures as long as you have mana

I particularly like the way Hades makes up for his reduction of use (Fusions aren't played as much as Synchros or Xyzs these days) with his awesome direct-attack effect.