I can easily build a deck that technically meets all the rules of Core (Bracket 2) and plays at the power level of Optimized (Bracket 4), as I'm sure many of you can, too
Having a well-maintained collection can help you avoid scrambling for cards before a tournament, as well as potentially dodging price spikes
Some markets are more restrictive: Turkey, for example, applies a 60% tariff on non-EU consumer goods, which can make small card orders economically impractical
There isn't a lot better going on in Standard than The Eternal Wanderer resetting Beza, the Bounding Spring every turn with a Caretaker's Talent on the battlefield
Then if it's the first end step of the turn, there is an additional end step after this step
Expect the English gold to follow the same launch-spike-then-fade curve, likely with a wider spread than the SIR because so few copies change hands