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There may be some fringe Standard possibilities in some kind of Overlord of the Boilerbilges Combo deck, but for the most part, I see this one mainly making moves in multiplayer.

I also love Treasure Nabber here as well, as you can just sacrifice whatever you steal with it

There's some decent value at the uncommon level with cards like Slip Out the Back and An Offer You Can't Refuse

Rather than one clear strategy, this deck gives you a large number of options for overtaking your opponent

So sometimes you just needed to pour 2-5 life into your own Beast and hope for the best

Something along the line of a scannable code on cards to verify authenticity would get the job done, but implementing the program would be costly, and it wouldn't help with all the cards that are currently in print (barring some sort of mass-exchange program, which would be even more prohibitively expensive)