While precons are also a good way to get new players into the game, they can still be quite intimidating and demand some level of awareness and familiarity with the game
The former could hit cards like Birthing Pod, Cryptic Command and Splinter Twin all of which were important, but the latter was better versus Burn and Zoo, and also back then manabases were a lot more painful as decks were more reliant on Shocklands, which meant a turn one Thoughtseize commonly saw you at 15 life from the get-go
NICO MINORU, RUNAWAY Nico Minoru is a hell of a win condition for decks that want to repeatedly cast from exile, offering a clean 2 damage to each opponent unlucky enough to witness you casting spells that arent in your hand
Rampaging Ferocidon is my top pick for the best dinosaur creature in MTG
Previous printings of the card arent all that expensive, and cost between $1 and $5 on sites like TCG Player
Control Burn decks usually prey on control decks, because their threats are much faster than your answers, and if youre holding removal or sweepers, you cant do a thing against their burn spells
