Here are the decks we played: As you can see, they aren't just underpowered piles of commons

The Transformers cards available in The Brothers War products are: Prowl, Stoic Strategist / Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle Ratchet, Field Medic / Ratchet, Rescue Racer Jetfire, Ingenious Scientist / Jetfire, Air Guardian Blitzwing, Cruel Tormentor / Blitzwing, Adaptive Assailant Starscream, Power Hungry / Starscream, Seeker Leader Slicer, Hired Muscle / Slicer, High-Speed Antagonist Arcee, Sharpshooter / Arcee, Acrobatic Coupe Blaster, Combat DJ / Blaster, Morale Booster Cyclonus, the Saboteur / Cyclonus, Cybertronian Fighter Flamewar, Brash Veteran / Flamewar, Streetwise Operative Goldbug, Humanity's Ally / Goldbug, Scrappy Scout Megatron, Tyrant / Megatron, Destructive Force Optimus Prime, Hero / Optimus Prime, Autobot Leader Soundwave, Sonic Spy / Soundwave, Superior Captain Ultra Magnus, Tactician / Ultra Magnus, Armored Carrier Secret Lair Drops Three Secret Lair Drops were released as part of the Transformers collaboration, and you could buy them together as the Transformers: Foil Bundle and Transformers: Non-Foil Bundle

Why the composition of the packs needed to be different isnt immediately obvious to players who arent familiar with the Draft format of MTG
Controlling four wizards is somewhat trivial, given Kuja makes one, and is one, asking you only to have two more in play
you'll notice they both push you ahead on resources
Collector Ouphe wrecks those strategies, plus Treasure decks and anybody leveraging vehicles or equipment