Re what to do differently: The line I saw requires committing to First of Kin earlier, but with the multistrike in that first shop I think you can do it: take space and duplicate your FoK. Since they scale based on cards played on the floor, instead of individually through targeted buff cards, you can straight up double your power once there are two on the floor. It basically requires energy first boss, space second though, which is less than ideal. And also if you draw both on turn one there's a real concern that you can play the second one soon enough. Oh damn I thought I'd try it myself but I realize you didn't drop the seed! RIP in pieces.
Daylight savings really is a pain - whats even worse is that it doesn't even happen at the same time in different parts of the world. Here in UK the change is at the end of the month.
