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single target removal, and the ease of having them in hand when needed) having certain staple land and mana cards So far this has been helpful, but whenever I ask how exactly they come to the conclusion of their deck's power level, I usually receive a shrug and/or blank stare (or find articles that beat around the bush)
Its the kind of play that still has people debating the social contract and the relative faux pas of removing a single player early on, but my opponent was graceful and admitted they likely would have locked me out of the game had I not ended them there and then
Then there are the game-impacting oversized cards, such as Vanguard cards
Players cant add Phyrexian mana to their mana pools
I suspect that when we play with the card, well find that our initial impression missed most of the cards power, which is hidden in that single word (plus a number) ability