Jeweled Bird Ah, the ante cards. Modern analogue: So, Wizards hasn't been exploring the ante design space lately, per se.... But this isn't hard to compare to modern cards. At its heart, it is a cheap cantripping artifact. I present to you: Magic's first ever egg. What the effect is has changed over the years, but the rest of the design has stayed constant ever since, whether we're looking at Scroll of Avacyn or Conjurer's Bauble. Verdict: Zero power creep (sort of).

City in a Bottle I would love to use this online. Take that, Serendib Efreet. Take this, Unstable Mutation. And the -1/-1 counters stay on! Modern analogue: Uhhhh. Hrrrrmmmmm. Ratchet Bomb, I guess? Verdict: Get out of here you weird card. ?

Jandor's Saddlebags No other set had saddlebags in it. Not even Portal Three Kingdoms with all its horsemanship. Modern analogue: Three other artifacts can untap any target creature, and all cost 3 mana. So they're inferior on that front. And yet with their reduced activation costs and/or added versatility, they're all in some way better than the saddlebags. Verdict: Medium power creep.

Ebony Horse I wonder if this and Jandor's Saddlebags were originally submitted as alternate art for the same card? Come to think of it, I wonder the same thing about Army of Allah and Jihad! Modern analogue: Playing with white, we can lower the cc to one and the activation to zero. AND make it repeatable. This card is a super-overcosted Reconnaissance! Keeping colorless, we have nothing. And keeping with recent cards (Exodus was 1998), we still have nothing. There are some creatures who do this to themselves, like Gustcloak Runner, but it's not the same. Verdict: Gone (but not forgotten).

Bottle of Suleiman Circle of Protection: Artifacts and this card. So you can spend 8W to get nothing half the time. #combos Modern analogue: The only other artifact ever to flip coins to get token creatures into play is Wirefly Hive, which is in all other ways very unlike Bottle of Suleiman. Volatile Rig is a new artifact creature that can kill itself from a coin flip. If you want to just cast a guaranteed artifact flier, maybe Manor Gargoyle is a closer comparison? Kind of a tough one. Verdict: Light nerfing. ???

Sandals of Abdallah Nice sandals, Abdallah! (No wonder he's not wearing them!) Modern analogue: Once again, equipment saves the day. Whispersilk Cloak does all this and more. For cheaper. And without the destruction clause! Verdict: Severe power creep (and improved fashion sense).

Ring of Ma'rûf That is one creepy-looking ring, Ma'rûf. Modern analogue: What used to be ten mana and a skipped draw for a one-shot effect is now 1BB and half your life (that card being Death Wish). Of course there's a whole cycle of wishes, so if your deck only wants to tutor from among a selection of instants, you have the 2U Cunning Wish instead. If you want to get things from inside your library rather than your sideboard, you could run the triply-repeatable Ring of Three Wishes—or its infinite cousin Planar Portal. Verdict: Medium power creep.

Jandor's Ring See, Ma-Rûf, this is what a normal ring looks like. Modern analogue: Six mana? Six mana?? Jalum Tome is half that to cast, and you can discard any card you want, not only the one you just drew. Of course, that was a while ago. Sifting these days isn't available to colors other than blue or red. (Case in point: the only recent artifact to loot is the UR-activated Izzet Keyrune.) Still, when it does show up in those colors, it's WAY cheaper than this (see Merfolk Looter and Rummaging Goblin). Verdict: Severe power creep.

Pyramids What is that stuff in the background? Trees? Mountains? People? Smoke? Modern analogue: Is there a card to repeatedly regenerate lands or destroy auras on them, no... but... Terra Eternal makes them all indestructible, which is an improvement on half of those abilities.... I'm really not sure how this exact pair of abilities would be cost if it were printed today. I have a hunch it would be cheaper, although we may never find out. Verdict: Severe power creep (presumed).

Aladdin's Ring Magic: the Gathering's shotgun. Modern analogue: Not a lot of artifacts are similar to this one. Fodder Cannon does as much for less mana if creatures are sacrificed. Molten-Tail Masticore does if cards are discarded. There aren't even really any non-artifact permanents that can pull off the feat of 4 damage every turn. Just Chandra Ablaze. Verdict: Light power creep.