Or it's to use each card more efficiently than your opponents do
The good news is that, because Fallout has a strong identity in terms of setting and theme, this doesnt stop the decks from feeling well-designed and mechanically clever
Like many places, Strixhaven is moving past the invasion of the Phyrexians, and new students are arriving to receive the full college experience: With that, we get to see how the colleges are continuing into the future with new cards and new mechanics: Silverquill Repartee is all about targeting creatures and triggers when you cast an instant or sorcery that targets a creature: Prismari Opus is all about going big with an initial effect and a bonus effect if five or more mana was spent to cast the instant or sorcery: Witherbloom Infusion is about the balance of life and death, and triggers if you've gained life this turn: Lorehold Lorehold is the only school to not receive a new mechanic and instead receives a classic, Flashback
You can lead a deck with him, but he's mono-Blue so you'd need a good tribe like Merfolk or his Illusion type
Gandalf, meanwhile, is not an elf