Whatever definition you use for weird, there are plenty of strange cards and interactions to be found in Magics card archives
Commanding Conclusion Munda, Ambush Leader | Illustration by Johannes Voss Avatar: The Last Airbender finally puts allies on the map in a meaningful way, though it doesnt actually offer too many new commanders in the allies-matter space
If we want to make ourselves discard to get those big enchantments into the 'yard so we can cheat them into play, we'll want to focus on cards that let us do that
Persist means When this permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owners control with a -1/-1 counter on it. Id like to point out that while the rules more vaguely state permanent and not creature, all of the cards that actively have the persist ability are creatures or grant it to creatures
I brainstormed the cards I remember from the set that dominated tournament tables in an attempt to guess the most valuable