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First chapter, Bolas dies
Senu, Keen-Eyed Protector Before Orcish Bowmasters, if Senu, Keen-Eyed Protector had been printed, I might have suggested it was the most Modern playable card in this set, as unlikely as that might have been
The controller of a face-up vanguard card is its owner
The other two boxes we need to check would be coming into play untapped, and being affordable
The first version of the Starter Deck is the 104-01 postcode + 1st edition rulebook The first version of the Booster Pack is referred to as the short pack Storefront posters show both Starter Deck and short pack booster (note the poster features the 1st edition rulebook with 3d text effect) The best chance of pulling no rarities is to open up product that is as close to being released on 20 October as possible Unfortunately, looking just at the outside of a Starter Deck we can only determine up to the 2nd rulebook change, which puts the decks production date between 20 October 1996 - 2 Feb 1998(104-0061) Additionally, for the short packs we can determine an approximated production range until the release of Fossil which did not include short packs