I lost so many times to this
A major rotation has officially removed five sets from play: Dominaria United, The Brothers War, Phyrexia: All Will Be One, March of the Machine, and The Aftermath
Theres value in attacking your opponent or removing their creatures to chip away at your opponents life
Maindeck 3Plains 4Cloud, Midgar Mercenary 3Cori-Steel Cutter 2Mountain 4Flowerfoot Swordmaster 4Heartfire Hero 4Emberheart Challenger 4Manifold Mouse 4Voice of Victory 1Coral Sword 4Monstrous Rage 4Cavern of Souls 1Rockface Village 4Inspiring Vantage 4Battlefield Forge 4Sunbillow Verge 2Restless Bivouac Sideboard 2Torch the Tower 2Soul-Guide Lantern 2Lithomantic Barrage 1Authority of the Consuls 1Sword of Once and Future 2High Noon 1Break the Spell 1Destroy Evil 1Sword of Forge and Frontier What We Got Right A few things that we got right as a team: Izzet being incredibly popular and successful
Proliferating poisons is actually the least interesting thing in the deck: it wins us the game, sure, but the REAL spice is that the deck is loaded with a diverse array of permanents that LOVE getting free counters on them
Survival of the Fittest Survival is an incredibly powerful card that enables a lot of different decks