A lot of flavor text from these sets was interesting, profound, or simply good storytelling
They aren't "competitive" in the sense that you'd never use these decks in standard, but that's the beauty of theme mode: you'll only be competing against other, equally powerful theme decks
With SOS focusing heavily on high-mana instants and sorceries, the demand for this card is only going to increase as people brew around the new Prismari legendary creatures
Jaden makes a comment to this which gets her angry
One fun example involves Apex Altisaur and Outmuscle
Faramir, Prince of Ithilien With Faramir, Prince of Ithilien, your opponents are damned if they attack you and damned if they dont