Vintage kept its restricted list, because some people wanted to play with powerful cards (and also because Type 1.5, aka legacy had started to take root, which, at the time, was just vintage with the restricted list renamed "banned list"), but in standard, you already couldn't play with all your cards, so there really wasn't any good reason to keep a restricted list
Given access to more mana than usual, I also love the idea of running cards like Entrancing Lyre and Sisters of Stone Death
That's great for pauper Magic players as Killing Wave is one of the better black board wipes
Sea Gate Restoration (Sea Gate, Reborn) A fantastic card draw option that slots in as a blue mana producing land
If he is cast early and able to tap for two or more the subsequent turn without being dealt with there is a very high chance you are winning that game