Its still a combat trick and those always struggle for space alongside creatures and removal, but a cantripping, cheap combat trick is rarely painful to include
A 6/6 creature for 6 mana is right on the curve, and the attacking abilities of this minotaur warrior are amazing
The Cleanse card says," All black creatures in play must be destroyed," and the Crusade card says, " White creatures get +1/+1." The other banned cards have depictions that could be deemed offensive to Arabs and Gypsies
Sacred Cat isnt nearly as exciting as Legions Landing, but its a nice little value one-drop that provides a good body for your auras and is resistant to removal
Assimilation Aegis Assimilation Aegis is less versatile than Detention Sphere but more proactive than just an answer and is one of the best control magic effects white gets access to
Putting this all together, it's almost impressive how Wizards has managed to design such a player-unfriendly economy