mtg balrog card Magic The Gathering - The Lord of the Rings Selector(.legalities MTGNexus - Balrog - Blow

While the front halves of these cards are fine, the reward for flashing them back is great enough that they see play despite their front halves (although this sometimes requires a specific deck or synergy, like Madness for Roar of the Wurm or Gifts Ungiven for Unburial Rites)

Wrenn and Seven Wrenn and Seven is awesome as a midrange planeswalker

When non-Evasive characters like Aladdin, Heroic Outlaw and Mad Hatter, Gracious Host hit the board, you have tools like Shield of Virtue and Fan the Flames that can keep them safe from challenges

The flavor of the set was 5-color Ezio Auditore da Firenze, which solved the problem of deciding what cards to put in or leave out of your deck