While there are lots of flashy Madrigals in the deck like Camilo, Delores, Luisa, and Isabela, Mirabel actually works better with the non-gifted members of the family, Flix Madrigal, Fun-Loving Family Man, and Augustin Madrigal, Clumsy Dad
Multiple early Sahagin in particular will just outrace a majority of decks, and its not actually difficult to find expensive noncreature spells since the set is built with this theme in mind
Locations also generate Lore at the beginning of each of your turns equal to the number of Lore symbols on the card
One game I tried to be extra conservative with my cards in order to avoid this problem, but by not playing many cards early on, my opponent was able to quest without consequence and gain a huge early lead
Beakley Former S.H.U.S.H