Yes.
No.
There is no right answer.
I believe the correct - or nearly as close to correct as you can get - is that your first cycle (and every cycle afterwards) should not be based on what compounds to use, but rather what goals you want to achieve.
If a person is lean and needing to bulk with sheer bodyweight, use test or other androgens.
People with high BF% really don't want to do so as they should be building small amounts of muscle while dropping % of BF the entire cycle.
My first cycle was Equipoise - boldenone undecylenate - and winstrol. I put on 11 pounds - though it could have been more as the scale reflected a bodyweight change of 11 pounds but I also lost some BF% too. This was lean gains too. No water retention, which was (and still) my goal.
You can do a search and find some of the most unconventional cycles have given the best results. A lot of old timers from 2001 and so used to do EQ + Deca-Durabolin - nandrolone decanoate - cycles and have great results. I don't see that anymore.
If you looked at the WWE wrestler orders when Signature was busted, you will see the most common stack all of the ones listed were doing consisted of Deca-Durabolin - nandrolone decanoate - , winstrol, Arimidex - anastrozole - .
Post stats and goals and we might can hazard a better guess.