As well as just looking for your mistakes, not blaming luck
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If an effect instructs you to transform a modal double-faced card on the battlefield, it transforms only if its other face has a permanent type (that is, if its other face isn't an instant or sorcery)
You get the occasional bad apple hoodwinking new players, but most players, like most people, are decent folk looking for a good time
When Azorius control decks/tempo decks are low on mana, they can play Warrant