Let's say you're playing a deck that wants to use it as a pseudo-wrath to destroy all creatures with power three or greater (which is a real possibility in Standard, considering we don't have hard-wraths at four mana anymore)
To top it off, in both the Senior and Master divisions, six out of the top eight decks had Mewtwo-EX, and the entire Top 4 in both the Junior and Master divisions used the card, too
Taranika, Akroan Veteran Taranika, Akroan Veteran, in combination with Swiftblade Vindicator, can deal 11 damage in total on turn three
FYI Ive looked at recent sales from the last year or two
Scalpers, bots, and resellers have changed the way pre-orders work for major product launches
If you make sure to have a mana up and a Clue in play, hes pretty close to invulnerable