Building the deck as somewhat of a Voltron Equipment deck is the name of the game, because to get the most out of spending big on equipment, you will want to be using them in the best possible ways
A slightly more niche combo, Breath of Fury and Auratouched Mage has seen a resurgence in recent years thanks to one particular card: Winota, Joiner of Forces
So, an Amethyst/Steel card cannot go into an Amethyst/Amber deck
1 Berserk Speaking of Infect, Legacy builds of the archetype make use of this pump spell in order to kill players in a single combat step
Stuff like Snuff Out or Dismember are already heavily played cards, but here, you get to draw a card from them because you lost 4 life, and you also get to drain your opponents for 2 life, offsetting your life loss