Whether designers construct a set around a certain MTG plane or a particular media trope, a coherent theme goes a long to making it feel cohesive as well as fresh and distinct from previous releases
Oldie but goodie Goblin Bombardment can fling a body to any target to deal 1 damage
Ba Sing Se Ba Sing Se, from Avatar: The Last Airbender , is a green utility land that enters untapped if you control a basic land (something a budget mana base can usually accomplish) and has earthbend 2: You turn one of your lands into a hasty creature with two +1/+1 counters, and it returns tapped if it dies/exiled
Opponents will know what or who you are targeting before you flip, and can respond with spells and abilities at that point
The Final Fantasy set is a crossover set, a part of Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond product line
The first is strong as you are tossing on two abilities and likely a counter onto a dork, and the next is a drain ability if you have a Vampire you want to give up for the cause of killing a dork or finish off a planeswalker you just attacked into