Most of these things are at least thirty years old and require forgers to get thousands of tiny details exactly right
If you have multiples of Dragoons Lance and Red Mages Rapier (by far the most powerful of the equipment cards in terms of pressuring life totals early) and copies of Suplex or Slash of Light to force through those attacks, you can go all-in with finishers like Unexpected Request and Zidane, Tantalus Thief to steal games before the opponent gets going
Still, Verge is a Desert, which means it's a synergy piece in decks that care about the subtype
The Marauders This type of edict creature has been iterated on many times, with cards like Plaguecrafter and Demon's Disciple missing the list due to their typing
(7/14/2017) Solemnity stops counters from being put on an artifact, creature, enchantment, or land as it enters the battlefield, as well as stopping counters from being put on them later