For investors, sealed product can gain over time if supply dries up, but that path requires patience and safe storage
Sometimes you're going to be able to clear off your opponents board and draw plenty of cards while you're doing it, but other times you going to fall behind right away and never find the means to catch back up
Anything that replaces itself is worth a look
However, they have an alternate cost in addition to ink
To maximize the probability of perfect curve-outs, Ive generally mulliganed duplicate ink costs, keeping the best of each drop and bottoming the rest
Normally you wouldn't want to exert a shift target before playing a Floodborn on top of them, but in this case, Determined Defender is a Bodyguard, so it's actually advantageous for him to come out exerted