Wizards of the Coast replaced that guesswork with the official 1-5 brackets, built on criteria a decklist can actually be measured against
Its likely that Justin Murray took inspiration from the original goyf, Ice Ages Lhurgoyf
Many black decks in EDH win by assembling a lifegain/life drain combo
One should begin by defining the popular rarities, including Holo Rare, Ultra Rare, and Secret Rare cards
Moreover, like every Pokmon except psychic and normal Pokmon in generation one (due to balancing issues, psychic and normal Pokmon did not really have weaknesses for practical intents and purposes), the three starter Pokmon had strengths and weaknesses
It was something much more exciting than the typical Core Set, and felt less like a collection of random designs based on high fantasy all thrown together in one set (though there was still plenty of that)