While you were able to do the thing fairly often by turn four, having no back up plan against some opponents was a limiting pain point
Eventually, we decided to break out an atypical tool: emblems
(Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.) Watermark: Phyrexian Illustrated by Dave Allsop Standard Not Legal Alchemy Not Legal Pioneer Not Legal Historic Not Legal Modern Legal Brawl Not Legal Legacy Legal Comp
Aside from the Final Fantasy crossover set, Tarkir: Dragonstorm is my most anticipated Magic release this year
Those are the core pieces
Back in the early days of Magic, people often used magazine publications to figure out which cards were common, uncommon, or rare