Akiri also lets you pay to detach an equipment to give a creature indestructible which is a great way to keep your best creatures from folding to something as simple as Doom Blade
He has the most buttery handling of paint
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Youll want to be loaded up on +1/+1 counter synergies like Hardened Scales and Innkeeper's Talent
Also, with Mono-Red Aggro being a highly played deck at the moment, Shock is currently one of the most played removal spells, which bodes poorly for a 3/2 creatures
He can equip one equipment you control when he is played