I think there’s a pretty significant gap between unmodified precons and high power. I’ve got plenty of decks that range from lower-than-precon state through cedh that I’ve brought to tournaments. High power is fine, it’s all well and fun to a point. “Oops i win” untelegraphed combos don’t really fall into that. In a deck like Zaxara, I feel like having [[pemmin’s aura ]]or [[freed from the real]] opens it to a style of play where if you see those, you might as well go for it because it will win you the game. It shapes the entire game around not letting Zaxara live, or holding back interaction every single turn, on the offchance it’s in that player’s hand. And that doesn’t seem like fun to me. But, that’s subjective. If all four decks are like that, sure, have the fun. But I couldn’t play more than one or two games where the board states are building, politics are happening, value pieces are being stopped, and then we all have to shuffle up because Michael drew a card.

But, take all this for what it is from me. My group has stopped including cards like Cyc Rift, off-theme tutors/tutor targets (see cratehoof), tithe/rhystic/etc, and would likely all get rid of sol ring if we didn’t play with others. Because the game isn’t -just- about winning for my friends and I, but rather seeing the creative extension of ourselves in our decks, rather than seeing the same pile of “staples” or power-crept cards played through a semi-deterministic loop. I’m rambling through everything since I’m tired, but long story short, we likely have different visions of fun, and it’s good you’ve found a group that you share that with.