Magic is now in its 25th anniversary, and although theres been some time since I havent played regularly anymore, this game still plays an important role in my life
If your table likes to allocate things in the early game using the common political tactic of saying youre just evening out an early advantage, the defenders deck doesnt seem like a reasonable early target
That mana could then be used to play a Stitch Together, which can return a creature card straight to the battlefield even if doing so would take you back under seven cards
In the seven matches, my partner and I played to get through the whole game, each pretty much came down to who had gone first, with neither deck consistently outperforming the other
When Maga enters, target player loses life equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on it
Speedway Fanatic lets us get around summoning sickness, which is always good