Its a complicated mechanic for sure, and one of the most individually complex mechanics overall, but not the worst mechanic if you ask me, and at the same time it's easy to grasp since it heavily draws from LotR lore
Building The Deck Deadpool, Trading Card is a powerful way to steal combat enablers, draw engines, ramp, and combo pieces from your opponents while chaining them with a dead card that sucks their life away every turn
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This can give your chosen characters a bit of extra protection
There are also two cards that feature Reshiram and Charizard that form a Charms of the Sword and Shield duo
A 4-mana 2/3 flyer that forces your opponent to discard is exactly that, and in the earlier part of the game the fact that this bounces a spell is pretty nice