A deck full of just characters wont be that functional, so items are key to strengthening your deck
Boros Charm has fallen out of favor a little with all of the new options, and with base indestructible being less good with the re-emergence of phasing
Those are all solid choices with good use rates, and while Im not going to run out and buy bundles/cards immediately, Im almost certainly going to snag a couple of personal copies early and spec buying six months from now
And it seems that in doing this they are are either hastening a demise that the game was already on the horizon or creating it through decisions that are questionable to say the least and focus on short-term gains at the detriment of long-term harm to the game of Magic: The Gathering
The good side is that the fight effect will be repeated if you play another creature
Earthbending a creature also means you can sacrifice it to something like Zuran Orb and have it re-enter immediately, which is a separate combo that also results in various infinites