Overall it seems quite clear that the issue were not the abilities of the two banned cards themselves but the way they interacted with the latest cards released in Archazia's Island
So, the most exclusive and elusive version of Traveling Chocobo is the serialized golden chocobo, found only in English-language Collector Boosters
Plus, you will receive a Mickey Mouse Brave Little Tailor Pin, a Tigger In the Crow's Nest Pin, and a Woody Leader of the Toys promo card, while supplies last
Into the Inklands casually upended the established Lorcana format by introducing a whole new card type: Locations
Smee card could be quite useful, helping you gain incremental lore without any adverse effects (assuming you manage to keep another pirate character in play at all times)
Credit for spotting it goes to Redditor Hexanhort, who noted the combo in a discussion in the r/MagicArena subreddit