It means that a card has been cut from the set but that we aren't convinced it might not come back in
There aren't any major rules that are unique to Artifacts, but many cards care about the number of Artifacts you control, or can only target Artifact permanents
You're right about the Awaken the Erstwhile
Check out the full decklists on the Magic website, and feel free to join our Discord - I'd love to know which of the two decks you're most excited about!
Smugglers Share Whites struggles with card draw are infamous at this point
If we wanted to go a more straightforward route, in the sense that we want to win by removing an opponent each turn during the combat step with one giant attacking creature, then we can pair our Lightning GreavesLightning Greaves with a Crackdown ConstructCrackdown Construct: Lands and Mana Rocks As with any Equipment-themed deck, we're going to be very mana-hungry