The fact that the deck can win at instant speed means the deck is very good at slowing down and playing a long game against counterspells, as the opponent never has an opportunity to tap out, so its hard for them to establish a clock or dictate the pace of the game
Finally, we gave the player a secondary way to advance the Story: they could use mana to progress it
One card I created was the following: Fighting Spirit 1WW Creature Spirit 2/1 Flying Whenever a mystic spell is played, CARDNAME gets protection from the color of your choice until end of turn
Based on community data from thousands of pack openings, here are the approximate pull rates
While it does half the damage (only dealing one point of pain at a time) Razorkin Needlehead is also half the cost of Sheoldred, The Apocalype - an infamous creature who has terrorized Standard for ages, and one of the most expensive MTG cards Wizards has put out in recent years
Because theres a billion of them, all beckoning you