At the beginning of your end step, you discard a card, lose 2 life, and sacrifice a creature
You can easily get a ton of value out of enters-the-battlefield abilities and creatures that sacrifice themselves to do things
3) Materials and finish are specified, not hand-waved ProxyMTG explicitly states: S33 German black-core cardstock UV coating precision die cutting files enhanced to a minimum of 300 DPI Thats the boring stuff that makes cards feel consistent in sleeves, which is what you actually want
In essence, fewer options here helps you arrive at or near the optimal quickly
There's some rare cards here like the red tutor creature Imperial Recruiter and stax card Grand Abolitier (why didn't they pick something with double strike if they were going to call this card Dual-Bladed Hunter?)
STA means Strixhaven Mystical Archive