Emerald and Rubys split ability to deal with opponents cards while working toward unleashing its own powerful characters makes it a deck that requires some practice to fully understand, needing some careful cardplay - and good luck - to overcome its less forgiving aspects
That makes early tough ink choices a little less stressful when you need to ramp
005-196 is more AoE damage in Steel
If youre eager to get started sooner, the excellent starter sets for the previous set, Into the Inklands, are now available in quantity at your local game store and online.
Hades is known for his blue-flamed hair, but the card art shows him with his enraged orange/red flames instead
In addition to these character cards that you are going to look to get into play as quickly as possible, Sapphire also has one of the stronger draw cards in the game