A standard Blue-Eyes Deck that aggressively uses Honest
In a Two-Headed Giant game, Cryptolith Fragments mana ability causes each player to lose 1 life, so each team loses 2 life
The first battle can't be won, so it becomes a race to lose quickly.
Going First Cards Solemn Judgment: This is about the only card that satisfies the criteria of "functions on its own," "resistant to backrow removal," and "effective in long games." The more you draw, the more it acts as a practical breakthrough card for going first so I run 3 copies
A first-place ranking gives a deck four points, with second in a category being worth three, third two, and last just a single point
If any of the cards are land cards (perhaps because they were lands that had become creatures), you can play them from exile, following the normal timing rules for playing lands