There is both narrative and story, it says both "I represent a game piece" and also, "I am showing you a narrative, come pick up the clues and pieces to understand what's going on." Additionally, fresh, new perspective, after tens of thousands of Magic cards have been created I always seek out
Valors Reach Fun: 2 Impact: 2 Chaos: 4 I get exactly what this plane is going for, I get why its designed this way (Kylem is the Battlebond plane) its just a very specific restriction to try to work with in a way that doesnt really encourage a ton of politicking outside of extremely particular circumstances
Lolth, Spider Queen There is a lot of Dungeons & Dragons lore about Lolth, and part of that is that she's mother to some drow goddesses
Most decks bring in multiple copies of powerful cards, upping the odds of seeing them each game
This seems amazing for Commander artifacts decks, though
Atraxa, Grand Unifier is the kind of card that makes people quit as soon as you play it or cheat it onto the battlefield