Many donation cards are one-off effects, like Harmless Offering, but this one keeps trucking and gives you some card advantage to bootlike passing off Steel Golem and Demonic Pact wasnt good enough already
It means that the sets were always meant to be played together, in which case Magic: The Gatherings old block format of drafts, where you'd take two from one set and one from the other, would have been more logical
During one of the groups attempts to stop the company, they learn of the return of Sephiroth, Clouds nemesis, and that with his reemergence, the planet is in greater danger than anyone had expected
Magic sold well enough for it to be worth doing even in an ocean of Pokemon

MAGIC MEETS THE LORD OF THE RINGSExperience the beloved story of The Lord of the Rings with the strategic gameplay of Magic: The Gathering, facing off against opponents in thrilling magical battles EPIC MULTIPLAYER BATTLESCommander is a multiplayer way to play Magic, an epic, free-for-all battle full of strategic plays and social intrigue ELVEN COUNCILJoin the elven council with a 100-card Green-Blue deck containing 2 Foil Legendary Creature cards and 98 nonfoil cards INTRODUCES 20 COMMANDER CARDSThis deck introduces 20 never-before-seen Commander cards to Magic: The Gathering COLLECT SPECIAL TREATMENT CARDSEach deck comes with a 2-card Collector Booster Sample Pack containing 2 special treatment cards from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth set, including 1 Rare or Mythic Rare and at least 1 Traditional Foil For Competitive EDH I wouldnt take any of these precons to a competitive table right out of the box