It didn't even matter what other cards were in your deck, if you could play an early Pack Rat and use its ability, the game was yours
The other deck is Might and Magic, an Amethyst/Steel deck that features RotFs new keyword, Resist, and its major new deck building mechanic, bouncing your own cards back into your hand
To me The List is an excuse to claim something got reprinted while in reality nobody knows exactly how rare a find the cards actually are
Thats an outrageous bit of value attached to one of your characters and it also protects you against the classic one-two punch of the meta defining ruby-amethyst control deck of set two, which would wipe your board with Be Prepared and then answer the first character you play with a Lady Tremaine which would force you to sacrifice it
At six Strength, he can also take down locations like The Queen's Castle in one hit, provided you have a Ling, Imperial Soldier in play
Professor Hojo has a Training Grounds-style discount for targeted activated abilities, as well as other benefits for building around those sorts of effects
