I'd rather just have the vanilla 2/5, to be honest
This means that opponents generally want to kill him in one hit - otherwise, you get to nicely build up your hand
Bouncing him back into your hand gives you one lore immediately, and you can play him again to continue earning lore in a way that your opponents can not respond to
You can use an item before or after you challenge another character on the table, meaning that you can cast a buff (an increase to a cards attack or defense) or a heal a character whenever you want during your turn
Of course, two-cost Jafar is important to this deck for more reasons than just its ability to counter Evasive characters its what you are going to use to shift into Jafar another stronger Jafar
The range of cards allows players to craft decks based on abilities, strategy, or even just their favorite character