Budget take on an Alpha-like set. A retail draft set that would act as the first introduction of the game to the public. Low complexity, low power, slim power level spread, and limited variety of tokens. Uses primarily evergreen mechanics with a handful of non-evergreen mechanics:

Hybrid Mana
Cycling
Kicker
Flashback
Treasure

Evergreen mechanics used:

Deathtouch
Defender
Enchant
Equip
Flash
Flying
Haste
Hexproof
Indestructible
Lifelink
Menace
Reach
Trample
Vigilance
Activate
Attach
Cast
Counter
Create
Destroy
Discard
Exile
Mill
Play
Reveal
Sacrifice
Search
Shuffle
Tap/Untap

Supported Archetypes:
() +1/+1 Counters
Go-Wide
Spells Matter
()() Aristocrats
Self-Mill Graveyard Matters
() Lifegain
Aggro
Control
Ramp
Discard
Artifacts Matter

Minor Build-Arounds:
Blink
Flyers
Black Devotion
Equipment/Auras
Flash
Card Draw
Zombie Tribal
Soldier Tribal