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Other commenters have given decent suggestions, so I’ll ask a related question.
What happened around 2003? Did they start branching out into new mechanics?
As for mechanics... they release new mechanics every set. Some of them have been pretty serious oddities, like double faced cards, cards you cast from weird places or at strange times, cards that do different things based on when or where you cast them.
EDH is the most popular casual format and it's eternal and encourages bringing the weirdest most powerful cards from the entire history of the game. I mean... I have a pet card that always has all the abilities of the top card of your library, that I like to use with a card that is always a copy of the top card of your graveyard.
Which is all to say- modern casual Magic can be as esoteric as... well. As modern casual Magick.
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2003 had a literal aesthetics change - from the old card frame to the modern card frame. Occasionally Wizards of the Coast will print cards in the old frame as fanservice for nostalgic players (or for people who just like the old frame better, I guess).
The new card frame is generally better for legibility and cleanness, but the old card frame definitely had more atmosphere to it.
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