For three mana, you get an artifact that can turn out a Food token each turn and a kickback whenever you sacrifice one of those tokens
It's a Cash Grab As far as the Fortnite Secret Lair drops being a "cash grab," this very well might be true, assuming the definition of "cash grab" is something along the lines of "a product that doesn't have much / any long-term benefit to the game and is designed exclusively / primarily as a way to make a quick buck." While personally I don't think this is 100% true of Universes Beyond products (at a minimum they have the potential to bring new players into the game, which would be beneficial over the long term), for the sake of argument, let's just say that the Fortnite Lair drops (and really, Lair drops in general) are "cash grab" products
Starke Starke was created solely for story reasons
Dread Presence Dread Presence provides a powerful reward for being in mono-black, or close to it
Notice how, among 2-color decks, Azorius and Boros are the most popular (around 7,200 games each), and Izzet is third with about 6,200