Cards first get designed, drawn, and printed on a smaller scale to test out the game itself
They are set face-down from your hand into one of your Option slots during the Preparation Phase, and activated during the activation timing stated on the card
As a control deck, you want to dissuade people from attacking you and protect your life total as much as possible
I came up with a very unique control deck that played into a really bizarre rules advantage of the time if you used Serrated Biskelions ability to give a creator a -1/-1 counter, you could phase out the Biskelion which meant your opponent received the counter, but your Biskelion wouldnt be there to weaken itself
Instant Color tag templates(None) Heat Shimmer Create a token that's a copy of target creature, except it has haste and "At the beginning of the end step, exile this token." Sorcery Color tag templates(None) Lion's Eye Diamond Discard your hand, Sacrifice this artifact: Add three mana of any one color