But I'm very sure his opening hand is rigged. He often starts with a Set Battleguard Rage, a Battleguard on the field summoned via Feast, and a Voltic Kong/Berserk Gorilla.
The issue here, is that his deck only has 1 copy each of Rage, Voltic Kong, and Berserk Gorilla. Made no sense that he always has them on his 1st turn.
sylvan-ra works quite well for me. the non plants are only ra, trunade and arrivalrivals. the nice thing is that the deck is still useful for auto. sylvan-ra can get the 8k without the 0-cards bonus