As a hasty boi that is also indestructible and flying if you have unspent mana, I feel like Ozai can become quite the threat when built properly
In the larger world of commander, this also means easier activations on land like Cabal Stronghold, Kessig Wolf Run, Rogues Passage, Gavony Township and the Kamigawa Neon Dynasty channel lands like Boseiju, Who Endures on top of their reductions already, just to name a few
(The copy becomes a token.) A resolving copy of a permanent spell becomes a token, so the token isn't "created." Effects that care about a token being created won't interact with a token that enters the battlefield from Mendicant Core's last ability
The artists have truly settled into their groove (six sets in, you'd hope so!) and there's a fab unifying swashbuckling aesthetic going on
Proliferate is a keyword action that lets you choose any number of players or permanents and put an extra counter on them for each type of counter already there