Players constantly complained about the cards they had lost, and others played Millstone because it was card advantage - completely missing what that term actually means
Wakka, Devoted Guardian Wakka, Devoted Guardian hits solidly and the blitzball captain ability is easy to trigger since it looks at any counter put on Wakka
In particular, Im the kind of person that likes drafting a lot of removal, and building control-ish decks
Blue doesnt contribute too much here, though its possible the decks high card draw comes from the addition of blue to its color identity
A 3-mana creature with hexproof from a ton of commonly played removal that spits out 4/4 tokens is the kind of early play that overwhelms a game
However, if you have an extremely slow deck or one that builds up massive defenses, going for the kill by running your opponent out of cards can be realistic