While not every tempo strategy is blue, tempo decks without access to counterspells tend to focus on landing a key threat and then defending it from interaction while they race
Kambal, Consul of Allocation Kambal, Consul of Allocation is a nice engine for gaining life over the course of a given match, even if it eats up a removal spell or a wrath effect
Gandalf has virtual haste if you play it on the last opponents end step before your turn
2025-10-02 Clone's ability doesn't target the chosen creature
Each Aura and Equipment that phases out attached to a permanent that's phasing out phases in with that permanent and still attached to it
There's been a lot of print variance over the years, and when you add in special printings like Challenger Decks reusing the same set symbols for cards produced by different printers at different times, or cards printed in other regions, there are often subtle but noticeable differences between legitimate identical cards