Its promotional card status, energy cards attached, and brilliant design earn it an essential spot in the card games, having, in the past, dealt opponents powerful blows in competitive matches
Its a 1-drop, so its not a huge cost to put it into your deck, and I also like the fact that Twists and Turns later becomes a land similar to Search for Azcanta / Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin, but for creatures
Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor could be fun in some sort of group slug deck where you give your opponent tokens but in a harmful manner (maybe with something like Trespasser's Curse on the battlefield), although she might be better in the 99, since mono-red is pretty limiting
Beyond just having an incredibly striking look, the new LotR MTG art is also deeply collectible
We can't afford to run out of tokens, so somehow we have to keep them safe
Modern Special Illustration Rares and Alternate Art cards from Sword and Shield onward regularly sell for hundreds of dollars, proving that recently printed cards can compete with vintage ones in terms of price.