These decks aren't always able to stop you from just killing them (which is why Tron decks are going for black and white interaction these days)
Yes, there are other decent commons and uncomons in this clash pack like Sultai Charm, Brain Maggot, and Nemesis of Mortals, but lets be honest with ourselves were really only incentivized to pick this package up for the alternate art foils of the better cards in the deck
Elves and eventually Mono-Red did have solid matchups against it, but I don't know if solid was good enough
Im excited to see that famously deep worldbuilding thats passed me by brought to the card game, and seeing which characters are revealed next has easily been the most engaged many of my non-MTG-playing friends have been with it
There are some big differences between mana and energy, but nevertheless it feels very natural to start gaining and spending it if youre already familiar with Magic s spellcasting system