White does have quite alot of protection spells, so if you can build a deck well and play it safe in the early game, you can bide your time improving your board until it is nearly unstoppable
Keep several of the Jiminy Cricket cards handy throughout the deck and you should be able to stack your hand in your favor
Consider the Looter a Compulsion that costs no mana to activate a huge distinction
BG has only one Outlast creature, so its worse at grinding out value and being flexible than GW, It tries to make up for this speed (its Unleash creatures force it to be the aggressor), but cards like Rakdos Drake and Dead Reveler just arent as powerful as what GW offers
If youre chasing the headline cards, the value is concentrated at the very topMew ex #347, Charizard ex #349, and Gardevoir ex #348and buying those as singles is usually more reliable than opening boxes