First Snow

But the blue player chooses the heroes. The color changes upon restart, but the heroes remain the same. So, whether this gives one player an advantage is debatable.

The emphasis was on the unbalanced nature of the card pool, where all the cards are in the red player's hand. It would have been better to add one card or remove one. And it's not the blue player who chooses the heroes, but both players! And the strategic element of choosing heroes is what gives the red player the advantage. And out of the 13 remaining heroes (if Piquedrama isn't removed), there will definitely be someone to choose.