Settle Beyond Reality I think for the draft format this was part of, five mana probably kept this a little lower in the pick order than it could have been, but Settle Beyond Reality is an example of White removal that gives a good upside
On the other hand, proxies are substitutes for expensive cards you wont risk putting into your deck, perhaps for a Cube or EDH deck you want to build, or for aesthetic reasons
Venser is less good as an agro card than Riftwing Cloudskate but is superior in all other regards and for all other archetypes while being a very similar kind of card
they cant all be winners
Oh, geez, theres Pests in the rutabagas
Aside from experimenting with location cards, two of my favorite cards in the starter decks are an inkable Emerald Robin Hood that delivers four lore for a cost of only six ink and an uninkable Ruby Simba card that delivers three lore for a cost of two ink