I would think the issue though - even with the useful Silver Key ( which, I have to confess - I haven't looked at enough to fully understand how it's supposed to work and what benefit - overall - you (the controlling player) are supposed to be getting for having it in play .....) .... is the fact that one has to have a particular deck with specific cards to MAYBE stop a deck that can do well against almost ANY deck - just by default.
There's not much to say though - except that maybe they went too far with Magah Birds ?
They probably should have just costed 0- and been "Fast" - without the "find another two of them" mechanic - all for the cost of....1... with them, I can have 3-Birds, and another guy like Paul Lemond - AND Steps - on the first turn, before the opponent has even played anything. Steps - itself - cannot be the problem....I think.....or is it ? Nobody complains about 700-steps...because it is used "defensively" when you are behind - but rather, they point out 70-steps because it is much more aggressive and designed to help you get the early lead.
What about using 700-steps to counter 70-steps players when they get that 2nd story ? Or is that too late...because they can score both stories (needed for the win) in the same round, negating the impact of 700 ?