Krrik, Son of Yawgmoth and Morophon, the Boundless let you play Apostles without paying mana
That does limit things, but the potential value here is still fairly high
Cards like Murder, Journey to Nowhere, and Fatal Push can remove most deathtouch creatures with no problem
For Magic: The Gatherings latest set, The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth, Wizards of the Coast tells Polygon it was hard pressed to move beyond it
Cards in your hand bounce all over the place if you tap your mouse scroll, and the actual battlefield becomes cluttered easily
But it wasn't really until Invasion that the occasional flirting with gold cards and mechanics really came into its own and the real power of gold cards was unleashed, alongside split cards and later hybrid