Not because its optimal, but because humans play this game with eyeballs
A powerful card, opening the way to win, its always going to see play and will always be worth at least something
On his own, he is a blue and black Dragon that costs six mana and enters with three power and five toughness in addition to the Deathtouch ability, which lets him kill any creature he damages
The other starter deck, the Rise of the Floodborn Amethyst and Steel starter deck includes a lot of Merlin and Madam Mim cards, but it's a real shame that it's not an all-in theme deck with a foil Madam Mim as well
One of the cleanest wincons you can pack into a Pillow Fort deck is combo
Nissa, Ascended Animist Nissa, Ascended Animist is the best planeswalker MTG card of 2023