Step 3: weed out In Magic and many TCGs, bulk refers to cards that have no relevant price, aren't widely played, and aren't worth keeping for collecting or speculation
If you can get your hands on a Teferis Protection, it would be worth the slot
The numbers step is more of determining a curve that isnt top-heavy, has a variety of answers, has an ample earlygame to deal with the heavy hitters of the metagame, and finally a minimum amount of win conditions
The opponent of course knows that, so they won't go out of their way to bring out Abyss-pike, but you force them into a state where they have to deal with the removal of the Inzektors on the board and the follow-up while having lost Abyss-linde and failing to secure successors or obtain development cards
But remember there are plenty of collectors out there would love low pop vintage cards, and are on a mission to complete sets
[12] Despite Trey having failed and giving his "Numbers" away to Yuma, Vetrix did not seem to care, and was worried for Trey, comforting him