Youll still want a nice bell curve of mana costs in your cards, but unless youre playing cEDH (competitive EDH, a hellscape where games end before youve even finished shuffling - fun, but in a horribly different way), you can have a bit more fun
All the heroes and villains and chocobos and crystals (and oh yes, the moogles) of my favourite series are translating so well into my favourite trading card games format, with sublime new art from the best both companies can offer
Your chief concern when it comes to Maleficent, however, is going to be protecting her
If the game goes long enough, and people ramp hard enough, it could be much more than that
Escaped Experiment This being an artifact creature with decent stats that can power down opposing creatures is extremely good
The reason the Drake is so playable is that it is highly abusable with bounce which is something abundant in blue