More than 20 years later, it's still terrible to pay six for a 3/3 that can't trigger in Commander, and lets your opponent choose if you get a restrictive Raise Dead out of it
This means that just 5.7% of the rares are a good open, compared to 11% in Kaladesh , 15% in Shadows over Innistrad , and 19% in Eldritch Moon
Understanding how they work can mean the difference between winning and losing a close match
Champion of the Parish loves it when humans enter the battlefield and doesnt care whether or not they are tokens, so you can bet it will get absolutely massive in this deck
For Blessing of Frost to work its magic, you want to be playing cheap creatures with power and sizeable three-drops, trying to close the game quickly, and only playing basic lands or Faceless Haven
The main weakness of the Amber/Ruby deck is just how expensive some of these cards can be