Having removal up front is ideal to take the pressure off the player, and then they can build up their Food/Bargain synergy with the time that removal buys them
A beast of a card, Chernabog, Evildoer gets cheaper for each character card in your discard pile, so it's easy to start pondering up ways to get him out nice and early and start punishing your opponent
Here are the exact rules for Standard (the same rules apply to most other Constructed formats)
It's harder to pull off a storm deck in Commander but there are things you can do
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A few years ago, I did a story on the Pro Tour and in talking to the pros, you learn that a lot of them have other revenue streams, like sponsorship, streaming their games, or writing for various sites