It synergizes pretty well with some of the other Chocobos from this set, like Black Chocobo, Traveling Chocobo, and Sazh's Chocobo
Wrath of God Wrath of God is a steal as a cheap board wipe for just under $5 a copy
Plenty of great legendary creatures are found in Aragorn's colors, from Halflings like Samwise Gamgee to Gandalf the Gray's blue-red card, so Aragorn's abilities can trigger many times as players cast these multicolor legends
Cost reducers have many uses, especially in decks that can draw tons of cards or combo off
Nightblade will trigger if my army gets destroyed or exiled, so once this deck gets a critical mass of tokens even a Cyclonic Rift or Settle the Wreckage could kill the table and win me the game
He wanted to avoid making another cycle of chimeras and wanted to make use of the spikes +1/+1 counter synergies by moving counters onto other creatures