What makes him very strong is his metalcraft to equip for free all day long if you control at least three artifacts, which is so easy since it counts lands and tokens, and with the card draw combined with that free equipping, he is an Equipment essential
This evolved into a love of Japanese culture, language, history, and pretty much anything to do with it
There are a few other random things
Duplicates will be found in the randomized sets , but that is part of the trade that collectors appreciate as they trade the excess with buddies or utilize them towards completing certain deck layouts
The biggest opportunity for improvement here is unsurprisingly the Selesnya cards, but once again, theres only so much you can do there
Once From Beyond has accelerated out your biggest creatures you can then sacrifice it to tutor up an Eldrazi card of any type, not just creatures, and add it to your hand