After much discussion, we decided to free the Otter
Cards to pay for your character and event cards and never have to worry about not drawing into your resources (think: Pokemon or Magic: The Gathering ) or using valuable cards in your hand as resources (think: Disney Lorcana or Star Wars: Unlimited )
Tolkien (might not have) intended
However, it has been confirmed multiple times that there is no first edition, and there will be no changes in the reprint to indicate this is a second edition, or later run apart from fixes to errata
You can Shock a guy, Careful Study or Spell Pierce, all one mana effects that you can stomach paying two for because it is instant and offers so much versatility
The 2021 Starter Decks ended up priced all over the place, with Draconic Destruction being a real outlier (it still is in the UK)