As I often explain in my Budget Commander articles, every time I build a rough draft of a deck, I make sure I have certain ratios of mana, interaction, card advantage, etc
Majestic Heliopterus
Farisas Gameplan Use Platinum Disks and Xavar to spend your resources quickly (High Tempo Explosive Opener) Create a large threat with a free warp card that goes tall on board presence (High Tempo Explosive Opener) Stall games with removal, protectors, and healing until you can out grind your opponent or find a finisher The backup plan of just play some ok-ish allies is less reliable in this brew without much ability/equipment removal 2 Aurius Were running 4-ofs of the best paladin allies, the others are experimental and give you some card selection from your reveal quests
Crystal Charizard 1st Ed has 184 total graded and UED has 64, so its about 3:1
Being a dragon rather than a dinosaur opens all sorts of dragon synergies, and making a 5/4 token on the enrage trigger is very strong
This one is the much more interesting question