For example, if you enter round 4 with 3 wins and 0 losses, you will likely face someone who is also at 3 wins and 0 losses
You can also play them at a lower point on the curve, so they can already be in play when you start playing out your Floodborn characters (with Shift or without)
Here is the Shift rule text from Aladdin Heroic Outlaw: Shift 5 (You may pay 5 to play this on top of one of your characters named Aladdin.) That means he can be shifted onto any Aladdin character, regardless of their cost, ink, or version
Her second ability, Spoilers , doesn't always pop off in Magic's most popular casual format
Without these forms of Item-locking, as well as Vileplume taking a hit from the loss of AZ, it should be possible to display more creativity in deck-building