The decision to split the total card pool into sets makes the task of collecting each of the cards more palatable and achievable after all, 294 cards is a much more reasonable number than the 1000+ total Pokemon that have been created to date
The core set alone has King Spider, Wargs, Hummerhorns, Ungoliants Spawn, Marsh Adder, Forest Spider, Black Forest Bats, and Eastern Crows
Burnished Banners Artifacts are where things get interesting
Ghalta and Mavren gives you either another huge attacking dinosaur or doubles your board by creating dozens of 1/1 lifelink Vampires
Five-color decks offer maximum flexibility, but Gruul , Jund , and Temur builds are popular for balancing power
Note that Bebop doesn't care about +1/+1 counters, just counters in general, so keyword counters and shield counters are useful here