Your opponent will likely try and force you to trade with theirs before you have fun, though, so keep it in mind
Weve seen freeze effects like this before, whether on cards like Time of Ice, or through stun counters via cards like Mjlnir, Storm Hammer
The deck accomplishes this by emptying its hand of mana artifacts, including Mox Opal, and the mana Springleaf Drum
All the sevens here are pretty flavorful, and actually play into some potent synergies well cover later
Additions like Sleight of Hand and Monstrous Rage to Pioneer as well as Virtue of Loyalty and Mosswood Dreadknight to Standard helped shape the metagames of both formats
100% it is possible, and it's possible to damage cards using any method if you are rough, but it is fully avoidable