One joke relates to what we felt was the worst Magic card of all time--back in the late 1990s, we granted this honorific to the Song of Blood, the Red sorcery from Visions that minimally improved your combat stats
Unlike many other games on this list, this game is a cooperative one as you team up with another player to build decks of heroes from the book/movie franchise and take on Sauron's minions
Throw in a few cheeky references and splashy art treatments
While it does cost a decent bit of mana for Eivor, the payoff is worth it in the right decks
You don't have to pay for the creature, which is an advantage, they don't get to have it in play, which is an advantage, you can sac it, essentially making them discard a card, you have a 4 power Commander with evasion which means you could actually kill someone with Commander damage - the list goes on