There are multiple cheap card draw effects, including Consider, which makes cards like Faerie Vandal exceed expectations
At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died under an opponent's control this turn, create a Treasure token
It has multiple cards that halt an opponent's progression early in the game, from spells that counter an opponent's spells to low-costing creature removal
This hasnt been good in Standard thus far, but before we had better accelerants like Elvish Mystic and Sylvan Caryatid
Maybe Niv-Mizzet will find his spark and come to Zendikar, but that seems unlikely to me
Modern staple, defining card for the red color in Magic and an upper boundary for the power level of one-mana burn spells, Lightning Bolt is an indispensable part of the game