With cards, people already know the characters to some extent, and they have personal feelings and attachments from playing the games, so you have to make sure there's no disconnect between the pieces and people's expectations
With the right hand, you'll absolutely dominate against other starters - without it, you're pretty much toast
You can get a lot of fun (or frustration) out of these cards, and theres something to be said about dropping a card and saying, Isnt that weird? in your best Goldmember impression
While a big flyer is always good, the Tyrants power is derived from its mastery of the Wither mechanic
It only costs one mana, and, for the cost of two mana and two life, players can activate Phyrexian Reclamation to return a creature from their graveyard to their hand