This ties in nicely with the Chocobo breeding features in Final Fantasy VII, which this card is based on
Early on, you're happy to throw something away to get the mana, and later on you hopefully don't need the Chrome Mox anymore
Then you can swing through any defense for a damage, making this good at defensive decks as well as Voltron decks looking to kill in the red zone with equipment and auras like Rancor
Looking through the previews for Strixhaven , its occurred to me that all of the most exciting designs involve red mana
We had 18-month, rolling rotation, some sets being two years and others being less than a year, the end of small sets, the death and return of Core Sets, plus more Standard bannings in the last three years than anything since Urzas Saga Standard
For an investment of four mana you net an on-curve 4/4 flying with a discard ward