What she cares about is simply that there are creature tokens
Lathliss, Dragon Queen Few cards can overwhelm a board state faster than Lathliss, Dragon Queen
Charizard from the Base Set is one of the most iconic cards in Pokmon history, and a PSA 10 version of Charizard can be worth thousands of dollars
I havent noticed many lifegain decks running around recently, at least not in Standard, but they do exist in abundance in Pioneer and Explorer, so it might be intended for those formats
This particular deck has a lot going for it
This means that for those who never would have played the original game, or just havent played the actual videogame for a while but have accessed the card game can easily get into this, and it does still remain reasonably enjoyable fun all these years later