Cards such as Branded Fusion lock you into Fusion Summons for the turn, which in many decks would be crippling, but since Despia relies solely on Fusion Summons as well this means nothing to them
It balances a genuinely cute subject against dynamic composition, and it has very little competition in its lane inside this set
Like Shauntal, you dont battle just to win
Giving all of your creatures trample is powerful, and allows you to keep pushing damage through over your opponents' blockers
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Tempest (1997) brought us the uncommon Harrow, a different approach, but one that definitely has further use