Players duel by casting spells, summoning creatures, and deploying artifacts to reduce their opponents life total to zero
That means that on your second turn, you can sing a card for free and still have the ink to summon a character, giving you an early advantage over your opponent
To determine that value, look at the nontoken creatures you control and count each one that entered this turn
Between the main set and precons, too, Hope Estheim is the tenth most popular legend, according to EDHREC
Given that Lady Tremaine, Imperious Queen can be Shifted onto another Lady Tremaine card - such as The First Chapters Lady Tremaine, Wicked Stepmother - for just four ink, in the right deck she can be a cost-effective way of wiping the table of threats or leaving your opponents floundering without needing to directly challenge them