Look through a Vintage lens, blue and black have a ton of value
Shimmering Skies is a sign of a strong and healthy Disney Lorcana and establishes that the games designers dont need to constantly introduce new mechanics with every set
Shadow the Hedgehog and Shadow the Hedgehog look like ideal Commanders for aggro or burn decks, while Knuckles the Echidna flat-out adds a new win condition to the game
Colossus of AkrosColossus of Akros can give you a squadron of flying indestructible defender 1/1 Spirits, with an option to pay ten mana per Spirit to put ten +1/+1 counters on it and turn 'defender' into 'trample.' Seems like a good defensive option while we wait for something else to happen
Although Kazuul's ability will resolve first, and potentially create an Ogre token, any target of the other ability will already have been chosen at this point, and thus the target could not have been the new Ogre token
This shrinkage, along with the ability to multiple proliferate make the Contagion Engine a powerful tool for Blight Curse players to adopt