Despite looking like a U/W deck that splashed only the tiniest bit of the other colors, The Deck would reinvent itself after sideboarding, turning into a Blood Moon deck despite having just seven basic lands, itself (and this was obviously long before fetchlands)
The game boasts such a complicated rule system that it's been officially declared the "most complex game in the world," and every new set can bring players to any number of new, strange worlds
Tuck led to people playing even more tutors so they could go retrieve a tucked commander, and wed like to encourage a lower tutor count
Cranial Plating has the drawback of not boosting toughness, but it has the advantage that it can be moved at instant speed for two black mana
The options and lower cost that glimmers in Sapphire bring to the table make it a great complement to the slower moving, yet powerful cards in Ruby making them a tempting choice to pair if youre focusing on gathering Lore with lots of characters