You want an opening hand with Shrine to Karvet. Barring that, you want an opening hand with enough stall and card draw to find Shrine to Karvet and/or activate Kato, Arena Herald. If you can't get through on board, get Tome of Horrors and mill the opponent out. Good luck.
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