Looting is currently banned in Modern and has seen a lot of play across every constructed format
While there have been numerous outstanding digital card games over the years, including successful recreations of physical trading card games, they've seldom been able to capture the enjoyment of cracking open a physical card packet and filling out one's own collection
I doubt we'll see this exact mechanic return in the future since its flavor is too tied to the original video game, but it's clear that WotC likes bringing back this core mechanic since it doesn't need to be named like with Kyoshi Battle Fan which came out a few months after Final Fantasy in Avatar: The Last Airbender
Next, we have a deck that's been putting in the work for months: Magnezone/Oricorio
Its the set that gave us Nissa, Resurgent Animist, Tyvar the Bellicose, and Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
Every quarter, I review the latest Standard set and make my recommendations for budget cards to pick up