A big swing with a Reckless Bushwhacker, Spicy Oatmeal Pizza, or a sneaky pump spell can end it in a flash
Because these cards are ultimately reprints, the hope was to have the abilities of a previous MTG card somewhat closely resemble that of the main character in question
Scrawling Crawler costs three, 3/2 size and then in your upkeep each player draws so it's nice and then they take a damage but not you so here that'll draw and kill fast
Any card with storm in the flavor text suddenly gains access to one of Magics most broken mechanics, to give just one example
Treasures are useful because they can accelerate your mana in a pinch, or you can use Magdas payoff effect to find expensive artifacts or Dragons to close the game with, opening up a cool token play pattern that is a breath of fresh air after years of Krenko and Purphoros, God of the Forge combo killing tables by generating a zillion goblins
Sadly it is a little out of sorts in the current cube meta but it is also still very playable and a card often scooped to if resolved