It has a good balance of costs with plenty of low cost characters to get you started in the early game, and a lot of really strong characters you can rely on to clear your opponents board and stop them from outpacing you
Only the most evil of players
As stores have moved away from the whole one day black Friday deal, I think they had to move in this direction
This consists of playing down cards, using an ability from one of your cards, moving a character to a location, or taking an action with a character who has been in play since the start of your turn like questing, or challenging your opponent
Forcing an opponent to lose a card can certainly slow them down and frustrate them especially if they have been holding on to a specific card for several turns
Gramma Tala, Storyteller is the ideal 1-cost card to play on your first turn