The four-mana Dimir colored 4/4 with lifelink and ward 1 (I'd prefer 2 for that casting cost) has an ETB ability to look at a hand and then force a discard and draw
Orcish Bowmasters removes one-toughness creatures and punishes opponents for drawing too many cards with The One Ring, making it an all-star in a format dominated by the legendary artifact
Similarly, although international card collectors have frequently lamented the fact that English booster packs have less impressive pull rates than do Japanese ones, this once again works in the English iterations favor in terms of value
Its true that an artist signature in most cases makes a card more difficult to resell, as only fans of signed cards would attribute adequate value to the card on a secondary market
They are indeed on a thinner paper with a shinier finish
Where this deck can go against you is the inclusion of a lot of high-cost, uninkable cards that can sit in your hand for ages and slow you down