The comparison to MTG seems rather strange to me. There's a superficial relationship that both are dueling games, but the fundamentals aren't the same.
MTG strategy relies on mana advantage, card advantage, card selection advantage, card efficiency advantage (aka pay WotC more), and tempo advantage.
Cuttle doesn't have casting resources to manage. It has little card efficiency advantage. Tempo advantage is mostly linked to the mana curve and mostly doesn't exist. Card selection doesn't exist outside of getting a card from the graveyard or seeing an extra card. Card advantage exists, but mostly doesn't matter because you can't capitalize on the cards you draw. Even worse, the terribly unfun card disadvantage exists in the form of a discard effect.
MTG strategy relies on mana advantage, card advantage, card selection advantage, card efficiency advantage (aka pay WotC more), and tempo advantage.
Cuttle doesn't have casting resources to manage. It has little card efficiency advantage. Tempo advantage is mostly linked to the mana curve and mostly doesn't exist. Card selection doesn't exist outside of getting a card from the graveyard or seeing an extra card. Card advantage exists, but mostly doesn't matter because you can't capitalize on the cards you draw. Even worse, the terribly unfun card disadvantage exists in the form of a discard effect.