When it comes to characters, though, many of the best steel cards in The First Chapter can absolutely stand alone
As always, the wonderful Frank Karsten has written an excellent piece examining the potential of very land-light Limited decks in great detail
Historically, Modern's sideboard tools have been excellent at absorbing linear, synergy-based aggro decks like Affinity, but time will tell if that remains true, or if Kappa Cannoneer and Weapons Manufacturing are too good at dodging traditional hate cards
The effect is pretty useful, tying self-mill and creature recursion together, and even spotting you some lifegain in a pinch
After closely monitoring our first round of Alchemy rebalances, we're happy to report that they had minimal impact on Historic win rates among existing decks, but we also understand players' concern over future unknowns