The biggest nonland card difference is Sliver Overlord, which costs a whopping $20 but is worth it as a repeatable tutor and theft card
The set is awash with flavor, especially with seven cards involving Food
The same is true if a noncreature permanent with a power and toughness sticker turns into a creature through any other means, but most effects other than crew that turn a noncreature permanent into a creature also state what its base power and toughness will be, and those values will overwrite any power and toughness stickers that were already on that permanent
Despite that, the set did debut the beautiful Cosmos Holofoil card treatment, which was a vast improvement on the Starlight Holofoil effect used in the Base Set, Jungle and Fossil sets
This card already has good stats, and you can both stop your opponents creatures' activated abilities and also use them for yourself
Eventually, something will stick, and once you gain that lead on the board, the control deck might flounder without a dedicated sweeper or more counters in hand