They'll get the essentials for their first games of Magic: The Gathering, including two different hands-on guided deck experiences, reference booklet, playmats, and bonus packs for easy jump-in play with a friend
Endbringer: A pinging, card drawing, pacifying eldritch abomination that untaps itself each turn is very strong
Plus, most of your creatures in mono-red will have haste anyway
The power to draw 3 or force the draw of 3 cards is a potent force in game
Pretty much every draft deck uses Mutagen tokens in some fashion, sacrificing them to add a +1/+1 counter to a creature of the players choice
From a mechanical perspective, this life loss drawback is reminiscent of black cards like Phyrexian Negator or Plague Spitter, but with a redemptive twist built in