My favorite trick is to include it in decks with cycling lands
Many hove strong abilities that generate value by creating creature tokens and/or directly helping crew more vehicles (Shorikai, Parhelion, Peacewalker, etc), draw cards, deal direct damage, accelerate your mana, and more
But for those who dont care about card lore, the Steelswarm were a group of insectoid monsters which focused on tribute summoning, by then a long-forgotten mechanic
They may appear in Cursed Merfolk Ursulas Handiwork trapped in the Cauldron, or could be in the background of Wendy Darling Authority on Peter Pan
Finally, the newest Special Condition is being Burned, which acts much like being Poisoned but results in two Damage Counters being placed on the afflicted each turn instead of one
These are called foundation piles