Hypergenesis gets around Codies restrictions because youre putting permanents into play and not casting them
Ninth Edition Eager Cadet, Baleful Stare, Fishliver Oil, Withering Gaze, Index, Reflexes Sea Eagle, this sextet does a great job of setting up the archetypes of bad Modern cards
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed You can either build this as a card draw plus a Gold tokens machine looking to win with Disciple of the Vault, Marionette Master, and Revel in Riches, or you can lean into the tapping and untapping thing using your artifact synergies
Well, theres a few tricks of the trade CASTING A HIGH MANA VALUE COMMANDER While its tempting to just jam as many two mana signets into your deck as possible, they have diminishing returns especially if you want to cast expensive spells