You can also shape a deck around a specific kind of instant or sorcery, like targeted instants and sorceries paired with heroic creatures to get additional value
That -1 toughness is enough to murder tokens and turn them into a draw engine
Since we are basically a combo deck, we can make great use of holding on to a Thoughtseize until the turn we execute (ourselves) our gameplan and play the Axis
Commander: Zaxara, the Exemplary
The rest of the deck utilizes Hallar in cool ways, like Snake Umbra drawing us a card for each opponent Hallar burns, Chandra's Incinerator which turns Hallar's burn into creature removal, Return of the Wildspeaker instant speed hand refill with Hallar, and Dictate of the Twin Gods which can double Hallar's damage output
Its subtle colors and artwork make it classic and standard, and as a result, its price tends to vary massively