A marketplace like Grovara lets you start without qualifying with each distributor separately, so it is often the fastest route for a new store
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That's exactly the question I want to take a crack at answering
With these combo pieces dead and with the increasing prevalence of the Graveyard as an extended resource for many decks, the viability of decks focused entirely on discarding the opponents hand became less and less viable