While theres nothing wrong with serialised cards per se, their limitation to collector boosters is yet another of Wizards of the Coasts fingers upsetting the scale balanced between game and collectible
As a result, Angel decks built around Avacyn establish near-unbreakable board states that favor longer games
While it didn't become a well-supported typal clan until 2002s Onslaught block, Bird-enjoyers have been eating/feeding well of late with both 2024s Bloomburrow and 2025s Final Fantasy boasting bunches of feathery brethren between them
Draft Boosters contain 20 Magic cards per pack and are what many players will open during the unique Draft format at Prerelease
Yes, you play it on curve by turn five or something and you should win if it resolves however as the game goes on you get less and less value from it
It was banned, and while there were a lot of debates about what cards did and did not deserve their fates this was never one of them