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Now that's a pretty solid plan, but it does rely on our opponents doing what we want them to do

You can have Traditional Draft, Standard, Explorer, Timeless, Historic, and so on

Vanilla creatures have become rarer in recent years, and Dominaria United was the first set ever with no vanilla creatures at all

Players are wising up to the fact that some cards are expensive simply because there are so few of them in circulation, and with Masters sets being printed in such high supply, these types of "chase" cards lose a lot of their luster because the massive influx of supply means they lose much of their value

After sideboarding, Duress and Arguels Blood Fast come into make things a lot harder for control, and you have some options on removal