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How heavily you commit to playing an engine-starter on turn one or having guaranteed ways to reach max speed ASAP depends on what youre planning to use that speed for

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While this strategy is considerably faster due to using less mana, it is worth noting that youll be very obviously telegraphing this move once youre setup, so youll need to be prepared for the table to play around it

Plan cards are quite literally long-term plans with stages to them that decks can focus on

First strike is a marginal ability that requires blocking to begin with (on one side or the other) and requires that you have more power than the opponent has toughness to even matter (give or take the stray dealing of first strike damage followed by a removal spell)

Anyone who plays Standard regularly should have a playset of these at hand, and now is a reasonable enough time to buy in