The difference with silver-bordered cards is that gold-bordered cards are reprints of cards that are, or were at the time, legal for Constructed play
To wit: A Final Fantasy collector booster currently sells for over $120 at tgcplayer.com, and a collector box goes for over $1,300
In a way, the core mechanics of what this deck wants to do aren't that dissimilar to Tinker Time - get lots of little units and resources out on the board fueling a larger plan, and gain additional benefits from those little assets to create an overarching (and overwhelming) plan of attack
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Legendary Creature - Wizard Merfolk Phyrexian Loot & Mill (CTRL to add secondary) Removal & Counterspells Ertai Resurrected Flash When Ertai Resurrected enters, choose up to one Counter target spell, activated ability, or triggered ability
Not long after, my dad would take me to our local flea market with a dedicated card/toy shop on the second floor