While we already saw the power of Thalia in powered formats, where she can hate out combo decks and slow down sweepers, such as in the Five-Color Humans deck above, the card has also enjoyed a great deal of success as just a good card for aggressive, creature-heavy decks. Creatures (27) 3 Fiend Hunter 4 Champion of the Parish 3 Avacyn's Pilgrim 3 Mayor of Avabruck 3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 2 Restoration Angel 3 Sigarda, Host of Herons 4 Silverblade Paladin 2 Druid's Familiar Lands (25) Spells (8) While Thalias ability is so good, she would likely see a fair bit of play even without first strike, its actually the first strike that really gets her over the finish line
If you open one of these, you're in luck
Both are nice additions to the Starter Decks already being offered from previous sets, and they're both built in a way that should be easy enough to learn from a newcomer's perspective
Shambling Cie'th Rarity: Uncommon TYPE: Creature SUBTYPE: Mutant Horror CMC: 3 Mana cost: USD: $0.12 EUR: 0.10 TIX: 0.03 EDHREC RANK: 17295 (3/3) This creature enters tapped
Next turn he could sing something like Mother Knows Best, then you could use Max Goof Rebellious Teen to get it straight back
With the right hand, you'll absolutely dominate against other starters - without it, you're pretty much toast
