During our playtest, I began talking with one person, a localization staff member
Locke can swing in pretty easily against all but tokens and mana dorks, and the latter arent going to be readily blocking all of the the time
That said, if you're looking for a guaranteed way to get your hands on artist Magali Villeneuve's beautiful renditions of these FF7 characters, the Starter Kit could be worth it
Given that summoning monsters to fight for you is the original conceit of Magic: The Gathering it's funny to see it highlighted thanks to Final Fantasy almost 32 years later, but the way summons work here is quite different to what we've seen before
In this situation, I would not quest and simply pass the turn, leaving our 2/2 ready and safe from being challenged by your opponents character
That means if they hit the board, their ability is guaranteed to trigger twice