Most were very specific to one play style and werent particularly exciting
The tournament wasnt large, but it was full of stock decks from what I saw: Mono-Red, Green Black, Green White, a couple Teferi, a Mono-Blue player, etc
Even a tiny deviation in MTG card dimensions can disqualify you from a tournament or spell the difference between hundreds of dollars in resale value
Heres a table with these presumptions, and the two possible distributions
Lets say X=5
However, if you can boost his strength high enough that he wins skirmishes (generally using possessions, Noble Leaders (7R112) , The Last Alliance of Elves and Men (1R49) , or Merry, Friend to Sam (1R302) ), he can discard those minions for you, similar to the way he's used as ring-bearer