In retrospect, his opponent in the finals piloted a list many of us would likely have preferred: Creatures (12) Lands (20) Spells (29) 4 Fireball 4 Lightning Bolt 1 Icy Manipulator 1 Sylvan Library 1 Control Magic 1 Regrowth 1 Mind Twist 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Time Walk 1 Chaos Orb 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Channel 4 Chain Lightning 2 Psionic Blast 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire Sideboard Lestrees deck was an early foundational piece of Magic technology, giving birth to the first Zoo deck (so named for the Kird Apes and Savannah Lions that would go on to replace Argothian Pixies)
They're required to win the game, as you'll need them to gather lore, and to challenge and defeat other characters
Best 5 Color Mana Ramp Cards (Esika, God of the Tree, Fallaji Wayfarer, Jegantha, the Wellspring) Good 5 color mana ramp options are tricky because they tend to cost at least 5 mana to include all 5 of Magics colors
Sadly, while Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria is a very useful and powerful dinosaur, you do have to defeat the battle to get them
