Old MTG sets may be missing either or both of these features, in which case you'll need to search on Gatherer to identify the card rarity
Of course, you can also play the deck more straightforwardly with clearly non salty cards like Smothering Tithe, Esper Sentinel, and Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
While Cloudstone Curio was worth a ton of money once upon a time, the cards recent (and direly needed) reprinting in Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth has shot the price down to $15
If you get into trouble, you can use her -3 ability to remove threatening creatures, and finally, her ultimate ends the game in short order
Look at the cards in each pile, then turn a pile of your choice face up
With that being said, there are some interesting options that simply take too much effort to pull off unless you switch objectives and go for the best story