Another store you can do this with is Gray Viking Games
While we already saw the power of Thalia in powered formats, where she can hate out combo decks and slow down sweepers, such as in the Five-Color Humans deck above, the card has also enjoyed a great deal of success as just a good card for aggressive, creature-heavy decks. Creatures (27) 3 Fiend Hunter 4 Champion of the Parish 3 Avacyn's Pilgrim 3 Mayor of Avabruck 3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 2 Restoration Angel 3 Sigarda, Host of Herons 4 Silverblade Paladin 2 Druid's Familiar Lands (25) Spells (8) While Thalias ability is so good, she would likely see a fair bit of play even without first strike, its actually the first strike that really gets her over the finish line
Hugo Kupka (Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder) Rating: 7/10 Immediately granting double strike and lifelink is already a powerful ability, but you then get to keep doing this each turn you attack with Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder
If you want to see how different cards fit into your Magic: The Gathering deck, making proxies allows you to test out new play styles
Getting to set up your graveyard on turn one for a Vengeance on turn two is something the Esper variant is incapable of
