The Emerald & Steel Starter Deck did have foils to keep the Amethyst & Ruby combination from being undefeatable, but if I got lucky with my cards early in the game, I could make large leaps in lore
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Effects that trigger whenever you draw a card and/or punish your opponents for drawing cards, like Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, only trigger for effects that literally say draw in their description
They may not like having this dropped on them at first, but just wait
However, none of the deck's main attackers leave the format, so the strategy can pivot to a more aggressive version of the deck
Like I said Im so new to this so I would kick myself if I undersell (even if its not a major loss)