Youve got the best Monkey that Magic ever made in Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer, which provides some incredible early game advantages by smoothing out land drops with Treasure tokens and stealing your opponents best cards
Several of them later joined Wizards of the Coast as employees, and the high-ranking leadership of Wizards of the Coast includes multiple members of that original playtesting group
This deck includes most of the cards for the Amethyst Merlin-Madame Min combo that allows players to constantly bounce cards back to their hand to play other cards or to obtain Lore
Often times, numbers are discussed to give a rough estimate of how strong a deck is
But if the player with "Jace, the Mind Sculptor" uses its ability to put a card with a converted mana cost of two on top of their library, the opponent's spell will be countered without the "Counterbalance" trigger
Reds removal was basically limited to just Lightning Bolt, with options like Rending Volley or Roast available as sideboard options, but ultimately too narrow or inefficient to play in the main deck