Gavin Verhey, during the Final Fantasy First Look stream, mentioned that the Chocobos in this set have a bit of a Landfall theme going on. Sazhs Chocobo likely represents the low end of this group in terms of power level, so Zell should have plenty to work with on launch
Forcing this horrible choice on your rivals is a fantastic way to whittle their hand down to next to nothing, removing yet more of their options - perfectly devious
This means that certain cards that might fit the mechanical theme won't hit the creative one
As your commander, you will likely get multiple chances to cast Maelstrom Wanderer, giving you tons of cascade triggers
The token copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else (unless that permanent is copying something else or it is a token
This is a powerful deck that takes full advantage of the new venture into the dungeon mechanic