As seen with the recent Secret Lair Artist Series: Rovina Cai, reprints arent always the be-all-end-all for limited-edition MTG products
Because shes Floodborn, she has Shift (in her case, Shift 2), allowing you to pay 2 ink to play her on top of another character named Mulan
Its not unusual for players to pick a broad theme like creatures that have alternate anime arts and then fill in with a few spells that might not have anime art, but still fit the decks strategy
The same is true for replacement effects that apply to it, such as entering the battlefield with one or more +1/+1 counters or entering the battlefield as a copy of another creature
While there is a bit of politics in that you must opt into making it work, in general, it's not the kind of gameplay to be promoted
Alex Atkin (August 18, 2025)