Cards like Tourach, Dread Cantor or Dauthi Voidwalker can substitute Shadow really well giving more midrange quality to the shells while Ragavan and DRC are the turn 1 tempo openers for the decks
Star Wars: Unlimited Accessibility Star Wars: Unlimited (or SW:U) is in its eighth expansion, and its pretty easy to get into the game through intro decks or duel decks
These tokens can then be used to win in one of several ways: First, the deck features several cards that will do direct damage to your opponents when you sacrifice permanents (Marionette Master, Disciple of the Vault, Mayhem Devil, Reckless Firewheeler, etc)
Ebon Illusion Magician Ebon Illusion Magician is one of the few Dark Magician extra deck cards, so it never hurts to have a copy or two lying around
Furthermore, its level is 10, making it able to be used to make Rank 10 XYZ monsters to close out a game should they be needed