Regardless of the version, the motivation is always to create a card that feels true to its featured character
Towns Travel the Overworld is the truth, though there arent too many other payoffs (The Wandering Minstrel is decent, but five towns is a ton in practice)
Infernal Contract (S, Block) Paying half your life might seem like a steep price, but what's half of zero
This is a great way to protect an important permanent from removal by bouncing it before it's removed, or to reuse a powerful enter-the-battlefield trigger
// Flying, lifelink The delayed triggered ability set up by Summon: Good King Mog XII's second and third chapter abilities resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger
It's really good in situations where youre chump blocking