The big difference is its Ability Direflame Wings, which allows you to attach an extra Darkness Energy every turn from the discard pile to itself
There are so many ridiculous questions that the world may never get answers to here
I just love casting removal into removal into card draw, and thats basically all the deck does - perfection
Try using Hourglass Of Life (raises all monsters attack on your side of the field by 500 points, no matter what type), Ancient Elf (strong light monster for powering up), Hoshiningen (powers up light monsters on your side of the field by 500 points), Gemini Elf (also a strong light monster), Skelengel (when using its effect, allows you to draw one card from your deck), and Revival Jam (can duplicate itself
Explore was a mechanic introduced in the original Ixalan expansion way back in 2017
Alchemy rebalances tend to hit well-known cards that are oppressive in one way or another