A lot of the new cards in this deck bring plenty of support for the monarch theme: Denethor, Stone Seer, Archivist of Gondor, omer, King of Rohan, Champions of Minas Tirith, Forth Eorlingas!, Crown of Gondor, Fealty to the Realm, and Oath of Eorl all bring some much needed support for the archetype, and in varied and interesting ways
So they love to stock games as well
Nin, the Pain Artist Nin is very similar to Gwafa Hazid in that it can remove creatures and let your opponents draw cards, so the same type of ideas apply
The amount of value gained from only one mana is insane This card is also from Alpha, the original Magic set
Steels damage abilities make the banish choice highly valuable against Tamatoa and Mufasa in Sapphire, tricky Evasive or Bodyguard characters, or anything you just need gone