Throughout, Wizards of the Coast has consistently added new mechanics and abilities in each subsequent set, some of which have had a bigger impact on evolving deck-building strategies and the overall meta
Assuming youre going out of your way to cast a lot of those spells, or even if youre just running a few bits of interaction and some card draw spells, youll have a lot of flying Creatures very quickly
Now the only way an opponent could evade infect damage would be to always have a chunk blocker ready, exile Plague Myr, or enchant it with a Pacifism-type aura to prevent it from attacking and blocking
As other players have recognized the value in taking lands early, weve been forced away from five-colored control strategies
Cecil, Dark Knight is the latest in aggressive black creatures and is so aggressively pushed, we might have a long term staple