I don't remember our decks being anything special other than Eric was playing little UW Kithkin and Merfolk with bounce, card drawing and counterspells, and I had big dumb Treefolk with removal
All the same reasons as to why Negate is very strong despite not hitting creatures also applies to Spell Pierce
While most strategies in the current meta focus on playing a slow early game to find resources and strike back in the late game, there are plenty of cards in the game that do not need to evolve, and these cards are often the focal point of some strategies
In the hyper-efficient land of Legacy tempo, decks strive to land a threat and then trade away both players remaining cards as quickly as possible
The Simic Bird Wizard has been a terror in playgroups since its release, but why exactly was it a problem for Commander players
You can even find the same character portrayed in multiple colours, like Mickey Mouse, who appears in each colour once in the first set alone