The only downside was that, all of the damage came from hecatomb and not from the swamp, so it could be easily prevented with a Circle of Protection
The most common way for this deck to win is by amassing a huge board of Moogle tokens, then alpha-striking with support from cards like Moonshaker CavalryMoonshaker Cavalry, Elspeth, Storm SlayerElspeth, Storm Slayer, or Serra's EmissarySerra's Emissary to get around blockers
WERE IN THIS FOR THE LOOT In general, we simply want to maximize ways to put at least one creature card into our graveyard on each players turn
Unholy Heat checks your graveyard as it resolves to determine if it deals 2 or 6 damage
That being said, no Alchemy card was quite as striking as Oracle of the Alpha