These multi-phase cards represent creatures that evolve over time, adding new abilities as they increase in power
Neobrand runs a bunch of chunky creatures and ways to tutor them out, so it could easily find room for a line like this to hold off aggressive opponents
In effect, what you get is the ability to sprinkle your deck with Equipment without diminishing your creature count
I especially like how much control you have over when this transforms because it only triggers off spells that cost 4 or more, or you can put counters on the Emperor so you just need to trigger it once or twice to flip
Over the course of an early-access Arena period, I explored its five main archetypes in draft and sealed events: White-Black Ninjas, Blue-Green Mutants, Black-Green Disappear, Red-White Alliance, and Blue-Red Artifacts