That leads me to a specific anecdote, which is that the only instance of what could be called grinding I had to do in the game involved fighting some guy in a lab to get Water Energy cards in order to build a specific setup
The most expensive Pokemon trainer cards remain stagnant at the top, but with two newcomers and massive price changes, there are a lot of changes among these full-art trainer cards
That means its a little bit harder to try and optimise than most formats, but thats also a big part of its charm
Generally, the first milestone is with World Breaker and Devourer of Destiny at seven mana each, and then Emrakul, the Promised End at 13 mana
For example, if youre on the play and your starting hand after a mulligan contains a one-drop, two two-drops, two four-drops and two five-drops, then I will usually start on turn one by inking the worst four-drop