The removal is mostly good against midrange decks and those are generally quite good matchups anyway
Adventures: This concept came about as a result of the D&D set, and it returns in honor of the Final Fantasy series
If you like alternate wincons like Revel in Riches, you may like Hellkite Tyrant or Mechanized Production
With cards like Kruphix, God of HorizonsKruphix, God of Horizons, Inga and EsikaInga and Esika, Xolatoyac, the Smiling FloodXolatoyac, the Smiling Flood, and others, you can spend a lot of mana on other players' end steps to ensure they don't have as many opportunities to disrupt your game plan and to allow you to keep your own disruption spells castable at a moment's notice
The second is when they print a super expensive sidekick, like Stoneforge Mystic
Modulars interaction with -1/-1 counters is tricky