I thought about that game and how I played One Piece after, and realized that how you take life is directly linked to winning or losing the game
If you notice that the card material seems odd, there are spelling errors, unusual fonts, or other signs that your cards might not be legitimate that would be an issue
Imagine Yisans ability was worded as this: 2G, Tap, Put a verse counter of Yisan: Draw a creature with a converted mana cost equal to the number of verse counters on Yisan, then play it without paying its mana cost
Councils Judgment is a card we sometimes play, and this is basically that but slightly less flexible and an instant
Called by the Grave Move cards from your opponents graveyardmaking your Exosisters stronger
Initially overlooked, players eventually learned that resolving this 3-mana enchantment often meant burying your opponent in so much card advantage that life totals no longer mattered