I mean, I get that it was always confusing how the original artwork only showed 1 elf when the card was plural, and I never really understood how a group of elves could only amass to be 1/1, but still
And thats where you want to be as a brewer, playing the cards that overperform because they are optimized to the meta
You shouldnt need to dip into stuff like Vivid lands, but can if you want (usually because you want to play some 1-colour utility lands)
Strengths: Weaknesses: Upgrade path: Buy Red upgrade cards (Admiralty support, cost reducers)
The mercenarys toughness may not be stellar, but considering how aggressive the card is, this score makes sense
For example, the popular Regidrago VSTAR deck features Fire Energy and Grass Energy, because those two Energy cards are required to use Regidrago VSTAR's attack Apex Dragon, as well as Ogerpon ex's attack Myriad Leaf Shower