This kind of environmental storytelling is something Magic has gotten quite good at over the years, serving to both reinforce the Story Spotlight cards and communicate the storys themes to people who might not know or pay attention to them
It shouldn't be a surprise that Cassette Beasts is a great game with a retro feel, given that it's the product of two developers who previously worked on Wargroove and Starbound, a couple of fantastic Chucklefish games that are dripping in pixelated nostalgia
This guy inspired a couple of early MTG sets
I also really like the cheap spells Crop Rotation, Expedition Map, and Sylvan Scrying to find Argoth efficiently
Kaladesh Inventions will be released on Magic Online as well as in paper, but on Magic Online they will not be redeemable and will not come from Kaladesh booster packs
Its also a control deck, and it leverages the pressure of taking away opponents resources to back them up against the wall