This isnt to say that stax lists cant win or that the archetype is somehow flawed Ill be piloting my favourite deck, Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, at the Tavern of Souls 2k this weekend, but it is a recognition that as opposed to simply asking how do I win stax players must first ask themselves how do I not lose
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However, other ink combos are still very viable, and this doesnt hit at the core of gameplay of Steel which is winning through strength by putting up a huge wall of characters and outputting high damage
Pokmon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl looks way too bland for its own good, but I can hand-wave its weaknesses away fairly easily, seeing as its development is being farmed out, and all of the Gen 4 energy and attention is being spent on PLA so this is looking more like an inexpensive cash-in more than anything else
There's also Pitiless Plunderer and Morbid Opportunist here which I thought would hint at a Sacrifice subtheme here but nope, there's 1 sac outlet in the entire deck (Shadow, Mysterious Assassin) and like two or three cards that sacrifice themselves (Priest of Fell Rites) so maybe these are either random "hope for value" inclusions or maybe the remnants of a previous version of the deck that focused more on Sacrifice, who knows
