Its hard to nail down a select group of characters to base this deck around
The first list included: All cards from Alpha and Beta that werent reprinted in Fourth Edition or Ice Age , including the iconic Power 9 All uncommon and rare cards from Arabian Nights and Antiquities that hadnt been reprinted with a white border (i.e., that werent reprinted in Revised , Fourth Edition , or Chronicles ) All rare cards from Legends and The Dark that hadnt been reprinted with a white border Afterwards, more and more cards were added to the reserved list until Mercadian Masques was released in 1999
At the time of writing, Jumpstart sets are no longer released with Standard-legal sets but are still offered through other MTG sets like Universes Beyond or Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
The problem with doing this is giving your opponent double mana for nothing at a critical stage in the game for all archetypes is often just suicide
Not bad, though Im always a little turned off by finality counters
Meanwhile Mangara, the Diplomat can be triggered by any spells being cast so it's more consistent in that regard