Dredge is a modern-day monster, certainly out-gunning even most of its contemporaries and breezing through tournaments when unencumbered, but it is rarely the most likely deck to win any particular tournament, any more than Doran or Red Deck Wins, even though any of them is capable
If you notice a thicker drop shadow around the edges, then your card was released during a later printing of the Base Set
It lacks the defense and punching power of its counterpart, but for a turn two play, Pridemage is pretty potent
or something more tangible, like sticking to a budget, or only playing uncommons
Zendikar aimed to capture the thrills and spills of classic dungeon-crawling and exploratory adventures of early D&D, with elaborate traps, lurking monsters, mysterious relics and parties of adventurers with mixed skillsets who work better as a team