But at the end of the day, there was no forward progression
Each one has a strong questing value that forces opponents to challenge or risk falling behind, and then once challenged and/or banished, their effects activate drawing you cards, forcing opponents to discard or return a character to their hand, and more
More importantly, it has the ability Second Wind, which reads: Whenever an opposing character is damaged, ready this character. Most ready effects in Lorcana specifically state that a character who is readied cannot quest again for the rest of the turn, but a select few powerful characters can ready and quest multiple times in the same turn
Excalibur II isnt as strong as Excalibur, Sword of Eden
Its a classic control type deck that operates hit-and-run tactics earlier on, then when its set up later can be hard to stop
Gruul doesn't really have any outright counters to add to the deck