Do locations protect characters from being challenged
There's also Pitiless Plunderer and Morbid Opportunist here which I thought would hint at a Sacrifice subtheme here but nope, there's 1 sac outlet in the entire deck (Shadow, Mysterious Assassin) and like two or three cards that sacrifice themselves (Priest of Fell Rites) so maybe these are either random "hope for value" inclusions or maybe the remnants of a previous version of the deck that focused more on Sacrifice, who knows
Gifting an opponent the monarchy is annoying, but in a deck with card draw punishers like Nekusar, the Mindrazer, you can work around it
The new franchises making their debut in Shimmering Skies are Wreck-It-Ralph and Frozen 2
Theres also Elsa the Snow Queen, Robin Hood, the unrivaled archer, and Stitch as a rock star
This also lines up with how many cards have influences from their Ink color woven into the design of their background, clothes, and design