Its a game of resources, and accessing more cards than your opponent gives you more resources and options, which often translates into a high win percentage
Enchantment players are suffering.) There were some enchantment cards of note, but a fun new line of rules text acquired in this time was When ~ is put into the graveyard from the battlefield, return ~ to its owners hand. This line of text is especially famous on Rancor, a card that was changed last minute and turned out to be more powerful than expected
Triomes The Triome lands are another contender for most powerful lands printed in recent memory
You've got characters swapping jobs, roles, and lots of bosses that go from Phase 1 to Phase 2
It gains flying until end of turn
Strategies like stealing your opponents' creatures and sacrificing them are also pretty big in these colors