Saruman the White Saruman the White can amass a good number of orcs if youre playing a spell slinger deck, especially if youre casting spells on other players turns as well as your own
Sometimes key cards may be tougher to find or a bit pricier mostly because Modern and Legacy players want them too, but you can easily make due without some of these in making a real great MTG lore-deck
These differ mainly in terms of the effort involved, the risk, and the potential profit
Smokestack has been in many Old Frame Vintage players nightmares, laughing at them with their friends: Tangle Wire , Sphere of Resistance , and powered up by Mishras Workshops
An opponent could potentially Stifle the modular ability as your creature dies, preventing the +1/+1 counters from being placed on a new creature
Theres a lot more great decks and cards out there, but this is a good foundation