Seifer Almasy Providing a boost of power the turn he comes down, Seifers exalted-type ability is powerful, and synergizes greatly with his second ability if you can get him some evasion
and along with other two-for-one cards like Force of Vigor, they are some of the most powerful cards in the game: they offer instant-speed interaction for no mana
Of the generic tribal cards you list, I like Obelisk of Urd, which has been good in my cube, the rest is meh, because you really need a tribe for them to do anything
Although this may look narrow, because we can only activate it when an opponent casts a Black spell, consider the following: Most pods of players have at least one person playing Black spells
Pushing the impactful cards to higher rarities helps make the games more even-keeled in Limited because of card as-fans (the rate at which a certain card or subset of cards show up within an average booster pack) and in casual Constructed because of card availability
Repurposing Bay Our highest-scoring artifact and Blue card and permanent is this three-drop