There are a lot of fun spells that you can run with Edgin as your commander, cards like Wild-Magic Sorcerer which give the first spell you cast from exile cascade, cycling through your library until you find a spell that costs less than the initial spell.
When this card quests (AKA collects points), it's able to return a character you have in play to your hand for two points of Lore
Its got a great pair of Attacks including the excellent Hydro Lander, which costs just one Fighting Energy to use, yet does 160 HP of Damage and allows you to grab up to three Fighting Energy cards from your discard pile, then add them to your Benched Pokemon in any way you like
While the upside of picking up a Town and gaining two life isnt huge, in a format dominated by Prowess, any life buffer is nice
Fell Beast of Mordor Though +1/+1 counter payoffs are commonly white or green, Fell Beast of Mordor gives you a reason to play black with its powerful life drain ability