Many players are trying to improve their game skills and hone new mechanics
Characters with Ward like Jetsam, Riffraff and Flotsam, Riffraff (if you have Jetsam in play) are particularly sticky , while Evasive characters like Don Karnage, Prince of Pirates and Wildcat, Mechanic can be hard for your opponent to remove
For whatever reason, nothing feels quite as bad in Magic as having drawn the perfect card to defeat your opponent, only for them to force you to discard it
Roles seem made to fit in Enchantment-heavy environments, so if theyre popular and well-received enough, you can perhaps expect to see them in those planes in the future
In Secrets of Strixhaven you can represent your two-color college of choice, and prepare your schedule for lots of elective strategies