One strategy is to have copies of [c]Angels Grace[/c] and [c]Phyrexian Unlife[/c] in your deck
Equip Artifact - Equipment The Aetherspark As long as The Aetherspark is attached to a creature, The Aetherspark can't be attacked and has "Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage during your turn, put that many loyalty counters on The Aetherspark." +1: Attach The Aetherspark to up to one target creature you control
It has limitations but lines up well with how most Constructed decks are designed
Due to Special cards only rarely appearing, and even then only in relatively old sets (the most recent example being box toppers for 2018s Ultimate Masters ), their existence is generally better viewed as trivia rather than an active part of the game
If you dont want your Leylines to be just lame enchantments, you can turn them into creatures with cards like Opalescence and Starfield of Nyx
Hashaton feels like Animatou in that you're ultimately trying to cheat powerful cards into play and use them to amass an advantage