They dump their hand as fast as possible so you have nothing to steal and take every opportunity to remove you from the game
Now the CMC of split cards is always the combined CMC of both halves, EXCEPT while the spell is being cast and on the stack, where only the parts paid for are counted
In my experience, some games just bog down under several stax pieces, and resetting all of them can easily give you a win, but I might play in a relatively stax-heavy metagame
The limited number of cards also adds to the thrill of chasing rare hits like SAR, UR, or Pikachu ex
Why bother aiming for your opponents life totals when you can deplete a different precious resource instead: namely, their library
A wild companion story was released alongside The Dark , describing the events following the climax of the Brothers War