Let's look at each reason in turn: Vigilance - Since you want to swing to gain the Monarch and block to keep, enter vigilance letting you do both and ideally on an evasive dork like Serra Angel
A new player can start with a starter product, preconstructed deck, or Commander deck without spending a huge amount
Secondly, whenever you draw a card on your turn, Maleficent allows you to move a damage counter from one opposing character to another
Duress can act similarly to a counterspell by clearing the way for your threats to stick or taking a key ramp spell from your opponent, but it has some clear advantages over its blue brethren
Whenever you cast a red spell, Aragorn deals 3 damage to target opponent
Consider only the alternative characteristics to determine whether that is an appropriate name to choose