Grist, Voracious Larva / Grist, the Plague Swarm When building around Modern Horizons 3 s Grist, Voracious Larva, I think you want to lean into a sacrifice deck using cards like Reassembling Skeleton, Forsaken Miner, and Bloodghast for sacrifice fodder
Shes the party Cleric, so her heals and semi-tankiness early on is much appreciated especially if you opted to play a squishier class like Wizard or Warlock
Id take Neo Rev Ho-Oh every single time (and I say that as someone who owns a 1st ed Neo Genesis Lugia)
In the main TCG, the Sword & Shield era, while very good from a collector's standpoint, really did not bring many unique elements to the table
Alongside Mana Crypt, it has proven to be an extremely powerful burst of mana, for free, that powers out new-school Commanders way ahead of curve
First-place cards tend to command a premium because on top of being the most prestigious, they're also the least likely to be sold by their owners