Would start by picking it over any common
However, there's going to be a ton of people out there jamming absolutely terrible Walls under the assumption that Arcades, the Strategist is the Philosopher's Stone turning your horrible Guardians of Akrasa into solid gold
Starter Decks World Championship Decks were not the same as the starter Theme decks released alongside each new set in the 90s and early 2000s
"11/27/2023 | Cam | This design has nothing to do with the astrologian job." In retrospect, my feedback was a bit harshbuffing your creatures when you play cards is arguably more flavorful than buffing your creatures when you draw cardsbut my insistence convinced the team to find a small buff to reference the seal-collecting gameplay of astrologian
Note that this will give evasive and +3 power boost to often draw more than its base power like Soul's Majesty, and this actually gets you to win the game, and then casting this on your Commander can get a Commander damage kill out of nowhere
The one thing I'll say about this archetype is that I've always appreciated how very pure it is