English sets dont offer the same guarantee
Advertisement Per the reminder text, a creature with first strike deals combat damage before creatures without first strike. So, first strike creatures always deal damage before regular creatureseven if they have deathtouch
Of course, youll benefit greatly from cards like Jukai Naturalist and enchantress-type cards
Modern and Pioneer have very dynamic metas that are also affected by new set releases, but to a lesser degree because they are non-rotating formats
If your Serra Paragon sticks around for a few turns later in the game, you get to recycle creatures your opponent has already dealt with, either forcing them to remove that creature again or waiting to get overwhelmed by your returning forces
For one thing, it's much cheaper to cast and can deal a fair bit of damage with his 7/6 statline