These Job artifacts will not only provide new bonus abilities to the creature it is equipped to, but also add additional creature types - the White Mage's Staff card will turn a creature into a Cleric, or Wizard for the Black Mage's equivalent
Sword of the Animist Sword of the Animist is one of the best ramping equipment cards in Magic because you only have to declare an attack with the equipped creature to search for a land rather than having to land combat damage
The Assassins Creed set does also feature support for legendary and historic cards as another possible theme, and by focusing on those we could make a stronger argument for a mixed assassin/pirate creature base
Today we learned that Cursed Merfolk Ursulas Handiwork, Strength Of A Raging Fire, and Sisu Daring Visitor are all coming back as reprint in Fabled and will be promos as part of weekly play at game stores
Token-focused builds can run fewer since they create Elves through other means.
That seems like a fair trade