I have a basic strategy, which I laid out in my Top Five Deck-Building Tips for Beginners
Thanks to warp, it can even be cast for cheap and get played later for future value
The good news is that all of the decks in the series are worth their price tag (assuming they again cost somewhere around $30, which again isn't guaranteed since there is no longer an MSRP), so it isn't so much that you shouldn't buy Fires Friends (even though it is the worst-rated Challenger Deck in the history of the series)
For spot removal the deck has access to Power Word Kill and Soul Shatter, Shadows Verdict and Blood on the Snow for wraths, Saw it Coming for counter, Behold the Multiverse for card draw, and cards like Iymrith, Mordenkainen, and Professor Onyx for finishers
It only triggers once each turn, and a 1/1 creature is easily killed by almost anything above a stiff breeze
After a while, I asked some friends for recommendations, and they all said the same thing: Magic: The Gathering