It seems to be ideal to play your weakest cards on rounds where you go first, since several times I've had them play their strongest card, which I probably wasn't going to beat with any of my cards, against my weakest card that probably couldn't have beaten any of their cards anyway
Its very strong to cast Taigam, Master Opportunist, then follow it up with something like a Shock and a Preordain, and this card should see plenty of play in blue-based tempo decks
He was simply the best player in the game
Karsten deemed it "as one of the best Blood Artist variants ever printed," thanks to the devastating double whammy of draining your opponent when creatures die while also giving you a chance to draw a card
Springleaf Parade is one of the best cards for Tribal builds that care about tokens, as it combines creature token creation (that are of every creature type) on ETB with mana ramp