The further away from an aggro deck you go the less the deck is about prowess and so I have given an example list that is reasonably heavily on the aggressive end of the spectrum
(You expend 4 as you spend your fourth total mana to cast spells during a turn.) Whenever you expend 8, exile the top two cards of your library
Outside of running a compliment of Counterspell's, Im inclined to go the route of cards like City of Solitude, Dosan the Falling Leaf, Teferi, Time Raveler and Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir forcing most if not all players at the table into the same tempo of game play
With Pokemon coming being so popular during its first release there was a lot of sealed product that was available
New cards that make clues or that are basically spells randomly tagged onto permanents that stick about make this option much easier
a 4/4 for three ink is very good, but comes with a cost