In Constructed tournament formats like Standard or Modern, it is often irrelevant or merely a bonus
His sacrifice ability is something I love to have in creature decks, and Ive long played cards like Selfless Spirit and even Dauntless Escort to get this effect
Illusions are, again, harder to make without blue, but you can fill the deck out with Changeling creatures and Maskwood Nexus
Future Shock Future Shock is made up entirely of basic lands and timeshifted cards, focused on playing big creatures and swinging for big damage
Scry A low impact mechanic that simply helps up the consistency of your draws and has no impact on the gamestate at all
I was a Wizards of the Coast Great Designer Search 3 candidate, and got only two questions wrong on the test