You need to spend your first few turns playing cards like Mickey Mouse, Detective, Gramma Tala, Storyteller, and the song One Jump Ahead in order to ramp up your inkwell faster than your opponent
On backpacks
Sure, the wacky flavor combos do a good job of capturing some of the gross-sounding toppings the turtles tend to favor (green is kiwi, jalapenos, and broccoli)
But even if they dont, you can activate its ability to force them to draw a card after their initial one so you get another card as well
Well, Counter-Burn strategies usually need card draw effects to keep themselves with answers in hand, and especially to get the amount of burn needed to actually finish out a game
Crush is underplayed but I love it