A Great Way To Learn Ultimately, I feel confident in saying that the Lorcana Rise of the Floodborn starter decks achieve what any good start deck should: laying out the game in its most basic form and letting players do the rest of the work to see how much more they want from it
Valgavoth's ability to draw cards and gain +1/+1 counters whenever an opponent loses life for the first time on their turn allows you to harness this seemingly indiscriminate damage and turn it into something truly powerful: card advantage
While eight mana can be a bit unwieldy, eight energy to grab it out of the graveyard for a turn for an alpha strike is easy to arrange, and will have huge results if you've got a developed board
it also provides a stronger incentive for people simply looking to flip the cards for a profit to buy them all up
Against a deck with Daze, I like to play out my Lotus Petal early so that its sitting there in play to fight through any Dazes if need be
I like Near-Death Experience as an alternate win-con, but Path of Bravery is going to hamper that, especially since you don't appear to have super-consistent lifegain
