It was treated like a four-color deck despite not having the usual payoffs like the best format staples and the game quickly turned into an archenemy situation
Amethyst & Steel In this starter deck, magical Amethyst glimmers like Merlin Shapeshifter and Madam Mim Fox keep your options open and your opponents guessing, while powerful Steel glimmers like Kronk Junior Chipmunk use brute force to overcome opposition
Take Sorceress's Schemes, for example
This granularity may be relevant for planning out your next turn
The more nonartifact mana you have, the more permanents you get to keep, and if you have Ravager in play, you can sacrifice artifacts that you cant pay for and get a little extra value out of them
This helps to set up Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacars surprisingly potent removal effect, which one can only imagine involves force-feeding opposing creatures to death, and can even bring her back later on if need be