Worse news: Its all but obsolete now that Zimone, Paradox Sculptor exists
Card Name Mana Cost Type Sorcery Rarity Rare rules Text Choose one -* Gain control of all creatures with power 4 or greater until end of turn
This card is single-handedly responsible for nearly obsoleting Darksteel Plate
Unless youre using some stripped-down race car engine of a deck, most games are won or lost in the first few hands, depending on which player managed to get the starting elements of one or more strategies
Many Control players resort to unconventional win conditions such as Laboratory Maniac or the various Jace Planeswalkers and their card drawing and milling mechanics
Secondly, and more broadly: in an 'unknown' environment, particularly a post-large-set new environment, new decks are generally likely to do better than established decks, because it's much easier for the new decks to prepare for an established metagame than for the established decks to figure out which of the new decks are most critical to adapt to
