Understand The Balance allows you to ready all your other characters if he is exerted at the end of your turn
Leyline of Sanctity and Runed Halo give us protection from spells (while Runed Halo can also work like creature removal in a pinch)
We have DuckTales and TaleSpin characters (Don Karnage!), a million puppies from 101 Dalmatians , and Kida from Atlantis
His iconic Buster Sword translates perfectly into a Voltron too (an archetype that focuses heavily on attaching equipment onto a particular creature)
This is a new mechanic in the vein of Living Weapon and For Mirrodin, giving you a free body that your Equipment attaches to automatically on entry
He boasts Rush, meaning he can attack the turn he is played, and a high Strength stat, allowing him to cleanly banish problematic opposing characters the exact moment he hits the board