The three-drop dog Mills cards to find Auras and Equipment that can get reanimated to hand while also creating Junk tokens when a creature that has an Aura or an Equipment attached to it attacks
Sheltering Light: Solid battle trick to save a creature from targeted removal
Deathtouch creatures make every combat step a dangerous proposition, while your removal keep opponents on the defensive
Normally these won't see much modern play, but as budget options, they are more than good enough
Still, its red card draw, at least a bit
Any abilities that trigger when a creature card is "put into the graveyard from anywhere" would still trigger, because those abilities function from the graveyard, where the card is a new object that still has the ability