The main thing the core cards have in common is that they are able to be played regardless of colour or having coloured mana and they are predominantly artifacts themselves
Two Lightning Bolts for four mana is a good deal even if we have to wait on one, and it gets better from there because we have other options
Brawl Legal Vintage Legal Timeless Legal Commander Legal Pauper Not Legal Oathbreaker Legal Penny Not Legal Toolbox Buy This Card Notes and Rules Information for Treasure Keeper: If you don't cast the nonland card with mana value 3 or less, it'll be put on the bottom of your library in a random order with the other cards
Pack a bunch of changelings and creatures with great typal bonuses and go to town
When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.) Renew , Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a decayed counter on each of X target creatures
Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor could be fun in some sort of group slug deck where you give your opponent tokens but in a harmful manner (maybe with something like Trespasser's Curse on the battlefield), although she might be better in the 99, since mono-red is pretty limiting