The idea here isn't to grind out the table in card advantage, but rather to play out a couple creatures, beef them up with counters, drop something that makes combat extremely favorable for you like Odric, Master Tactician, and then protect your investment with cards like Unbreakable Formation
Whenever you attack a player, create a 1/1 white Glimmer enchantment creature token thats tapped and attacking that player
1-3 Trainer 2002 Neo Spring & Summer Battle Roads ($34,000) Numbered trainer cards were the staple in early 2000s Japan tournaments
Either way, it smacks hard
Theyre a two mana Green and Blue 0/4 Halfling Druid who, frankly, is a bit rubbish in a fight
not only will I cover affordable equivalents to extremely expensive cards, but Ill also show the same for staples that are slightly lower on the cost scale