For one-time collectors, the right move is often to decide the maximum landed cost first, then choose the cleanest box inside that budget
Casual cards that are only expensive due to serious supply shortage (as opposed to relentless demand) are also a worse long-term hold these days, but if youve been reading this column for a while, you know that Ive long been adverse to these sorts of cards
Not to mention black decks are pretty good at gaining all that life back one way or another
Kess states that, once during each of your turns, you can cast an instant or sorcery from your graveyard, effectively providing each spell of these types with flashback
More specifically: Good Random A janky deck is, by definition, a deck with not only more variance in its outcomes, but wider swings on that spectrum