A songbird on her finger completes the picture, conveying the image of a stalwart guardian rather than a militant warrior
Spending time agonizing over sideboard options during the build window costs you mainboard accuracy
Other sapphire cards like How Far Ill Go and Friend Like Me, are also excellent cards to put into a deck with Gramma Tala, Spirit of the Ocean - thanks to their abilities allowing players to put cards into their inkwell and thus gain yet more lore.
Another Final Fantasy IX alumni, Beatrix is clearly intended as a glue card to bring all the Equipment synergies in the deck together
His ability to ready up again twice per turn when chosen for an action or an item's ability seems fairly good to me as well, with a high ceiling for shenanigans, from my initial impressions at least
Accessibility: Some promos are released to help players get easier access to popular cards through participation rather than relying on the luck of a booster pack