Stitch is still carefree and draws cards if his friends can come out to play
Paying six mana to give all of your creatures what is essentially double lifelink and flying is a way to either end a game on the spot, or make it nigh impossible for your opponents to outrace you
When gold cards were first introduced, not only were many of them not particularly strong, but they had a unique restriction all their own, because these cards weren't just special
The deck starts by casting a number of efficiently costed creatures with strong secondary abilities including Malcolm (loot/draw effects), Breeches (create treasure/unblockable/draw effect), Staunch Crewmate (draw effects), Captain Storm (+1/+1 counters), and many more
Beyond that, you can dissuade blocks, burn your own creatures for extra card draw, or even ping opposing blockers and swing in with massive creatures to punish their blocks