This is only my opinion, but their placement on the Reserved List and having such absurdly high prices also make the game entirely pay-to-win if you dont play with proxies
Meanwhile, some of the characters you get in this deck and the synergies between other cards are down-right fun to play
Notably, this means that protection from red won't stop a permanent or player from being the target of the emblem's ability, nor will it prevent the damage being dealt
The second stage was the first one with cards, 80 (or possibly 120, depending on source) on yellow stock to be exact, with no duplicates except for lands and the card Skeletons
Green is especially great at destroying things that aren't creatures
Cheap to cast thanks to delve and backed by a powerful recursion ability, it dominated both Commander and 1v1 environments by grinding value and outlasting opponents