Wizards of the Coast has previously stated that Universes Beyond products will often draw deeply from MTGs design annals to help the team evoke these crossover worlds in a way that is both fun and faithful
Loxi: I think this is entirely a flavorful card, and while it doesn't pull it's weight unless you go all in on Rings it's a cool card
You can untap a beefy Commander after they swing, a tapper Commander after they tapped, another tapper like Arcanis the Omnipotent or Prodigal Sorcerer in Blue or Circle of Dreams Druid in Green to make a ton of mana
If that happens to be Brimaz, I've got you
Strategies that rely on drawing heavy amounts of cards also win from cost reduction, especially impulse draws from cards like Escape to the Wilds and Commune with Lava that allow you to draw tons of cards
Even though pets don't wear out digitally (although, my mouse seems to wear down from all of this clicking!), it is always good to have the right pet for the right deck