Your face-down plan is cute until someone casts Farewell and files your entire board into exile
Second place (played by two people) was a deck that everyone had been talking about since roughly round 5, and somehow nobody had played yet: Vraska is quite good, a little vulnerable to mass tokens, but there werent very many of those left
A light background significantly improves scanning accuracy
Whenever you proliferate during your turn, draft a card from Contagion Dispensers spellbook
Caveat: For all I know, the "EV train a new team for each boss battle" thing may pick up when we hit later gyms, but it's not needed for at least the first four
Serperior's regal design and royal blue shiny color palette are the perfect combination, even if its standard green and white coat doesn't change completely