Kurkesh squeezes a surprising amount of value from interactions your opponents might underestimate, like something as simple as getting two lands from a single Wayfarer's Bauble
While Wizards make the cards, its not up to them whether they remain playable in the format, despite it being the companys top seller
It is, in my opinion, the best way to get into the TCG right now, so let me walk you through what a game looks like
The various members of the Sword of X and Y cycle have, outside of formats where Stoneforge Mystic is legal, only ever seen fringe play, and that was before the immense power creep of the last few years
Really now we are getting to the nub of it, because it is not really a problem, it is just a facet of the game