Legendary creatures almost never get reprinted as they represent storyline characters that tend to evolve and develop over time, requiring new versions of them to be created
(That also means she can come in ready to quest or challenge, like all shifted cards.) That alone makes Aurora a great pick for your sapphire deck, but its her Protective Embrace ability that elevates her further
EOT you get a free +1/+1 counter on it if you descended, and with trample, that should win pretty quickly as you focus on growing this for a win in the Red zone or to finish off wounded players
Flowering of the White Tree gives all non-legendary creatures you control +1/+1, and also gives legendary creatures you control +2/+1 and also ward 1
And boy do we have a shower of new stuff coming in April via the plane of Amonkhet
Erik oversaw this set's vision design (one of his last tasks before retiring) and helped take our three-color design to the next level, making use of design tools like two-brid mana
