Check early and often, and youll be unwrapping booster packs long before the snow starts to fall
Thankfully, this is a long-established archetype, and there are plenty of cards that make such a deck viable
Strixhaven: School of Mages Each Strixhaven booster has a guaranteed card from the Mystical Archive since its on-theme with the set, and theyre all reprints of instants and sorceries with special art treatment, like Electrolyze, Lightning Bolt, Duress, and even Mind's Desire
I used to think "regression to the mean" was for people who overwatched 2000s comedies, but it's actually just a math term that says that "what goes up, must come down." Logically, Larsen's incredible win would be followed by Pro Tour Secrets of Strixhaven obscurity, as all the little bits of luck that went his way first time around cost him a couple of key wins
A commander deck should run around 10 to 15 instants
End Step March of the Machine is sure to change the landscape of Standard as all new sets do, moving some decks up the ladder, shaking some off their lofty positions and creating brand new challengers to contend with