You gotta talk about your win conditions yes, you should be open with your decks information, and not cagey, because if youre not, it just creates mismatched expectations, and the potential for people to not trust you in the future
Some of the reprinted cards are super exciting, as many players have been begging for those to appear again in Standard format
I can definitely see playing Chief of the Foundry in a Thopter deck, as we really are a token deck in a weird sort of way
Opponents might expect blue to focus solely on control, but by integrating ramps, you catch them off guard and diversify your strategic options
4, reads like an auto-include in Standard Spirits, and a junk rare otherwise
It is a little bit situational on you having the cards or the mana but this is fine on an ability you will not be spamming