Savvy traders might source a card from Japanese sets if its cheaper and nearly identical, or vice versa, depending on where the value is better
Many ideas and mechanics that used to be silver-border are now printed in black-bordered sets, sometimes 1-for-1 When people approach me about silver-bordered cards in Commander, the most common topics are (in no particular order) Host/Augment (and Surgeon General Commander), Acornelia, Krarks Other Thumb (and other coin flipping/dice rolling cards from Unglued), and Contraptions
Even if it is one of a lower power level, the increase in options will often more than make up for the differential
Creature - Avatar Color tag templates(None) Even the Score This spell costs less to cast if an opponent has drawn four or more cards this turn
Taking Covert Cutpurse for instance
The idea we agreed to was to tell the setup of the story