First strike is very powerful with infect on dorks since you'll hit and then drop their damage back
Conversely, players should draw before scrying if they're not looking for a specific card, as scrying first would be wasted
Sure, all of the abilities cost a bit of mana, and you have to get them tapped to use the ability, but tapping them isn't too difficult, especially if you use a card like Paradise Mantle or Utopia Vow to make the card in question continously tap for mana, effectively cheapening the cost of their ability and letting you repeat it as long as you have enough mana
Every deck sports artifacts, whether Moxen or Equipments, and Control Magic and Mana Flare-type enchantments are very popular as well
If you have the mana (or even better, proliferate), you can create a large creature and continue to pump it up, and you'll refill your hand when it dies
Block Hammer makes the next attack Garganacl takes deal 60 less damage