Its not uncommon to see a player pull far ahead early on, drawing the attention of those around them, at which point they are knocked back and unlikely to ever recover
Some of these cards will even have upgraded forms in the set, with Epic and Enchanted variants being able to get pulled
Although Limit Break is about even with Revival Trance out of the box, it lacks some of the same potential for improvement with upgrades
The color Gold is introduced in Maximum Gold
Both the face commander Dina and the old Dina, Soul Steeper care about lifegain and sacrificing creatures, and Beledros Witherbloom herself helps to contribute to that theme really well, not to mention payoffs like Veinwitch Coven and Blight Mound (both reprints from the OG Strixhaven precons)
Drop that to one mana each, two total with Heartstone or Training Grounds