Even if you dont want to lean completely into assembling the combo as quickly as possible, you can play a more value-oriented game plan
If youre scared of having your stuff taken permanently, just remember that the Home part of Sword of Hearth and Home says a creature you own , which means you can flicker something youve had taken to bring it back home
Finally, if you gain control of an opponents creature and it doesnt have haste, it cant attack unless it has been under your control since your previous turn
Demonic Influences The gods of Chaos arent gods in the lofty or celestial sense
Imagine paying 10 life to untap all, lets say eight, of your lands and feed all that mana (minus one) into a massive Exsanguinate
Their goal is to get rid of your opponents threats and punch through to damage their life total