The test order that saves you from a 300-card regret Before you print a full deck/cube with any new service, print a stress-test mini batch : 23 cards with tiny rules text 2 cards with very dark art (banding and muddy blacks show up here) 2 cards with full-art/borderless frames (alignment shows) 12 double-faced cards if your decks run them Then check: Cut centering (frames even on all sides?) Corner consistency (do sleeves catch?) Text sharpness (readable under normal room light?) In-sleeve shuffle feel (does anything feel different?) If the mini batch passes, scale up confidently
take some damage to deal some damage, or to preserve a removal spell for the real threat, or to set up a good block next turn
Your foe's dork, artifact or planeswalker, loses all abilities and becomes a 2/2
Add in damage doublers and you're in for a really fun time
However, with only two Starter Decks available for Rise of the Floodborn, theres less choice for new players and that means that you wont quite get the taste of the set overall just from the Starter Decks themselves
This mean it essentially costs you a draw step, and it gives your opponent a chance to respond with a potential shuffle or mill effect