It's certainly not the price
It's hard to look good when you launch in the same set as the ridiculously powerful Ob Nixilis, but Elspeth still does a good job
Its worded as 1 or more, so you dont get it when you heal a character without damage to heal
One of Balors modes can deal damage equal to the number of cards in a players hand, as does the foe part of Khorvath's Fury
Stack escape on top of the immediate value this creature offers, and you're really cooking
Rather than whittling down their opponents health to zero, as in TCGs like Magic: The Gathering, Lorcana is about racing to obtain 20 lore faster than your opponent, using the heroes and allies at your disposal to quest for your own lore points while challenging rival characters to slow your opponents sprint toward victory