Cloud has Haste, which, in MTG terms, means he's able to attack on the first turn he's summoned
For any collectors or players trying to evaluate Magic cards, this volume poses an obvious problem: which of those cards are actually worth caring about
Shrink is a cute spell, with one artwork showing the victim of Shrink about to be crushed by an axe-wielding warrior, and the other artwork showing a witch about to use it on a giant
Being more general and touched on already for the most part I will briefly state why these mechanisms improve the game
This helps you put poison counters on your opponents in the early game, so you can focus on proliferating them later and dont have to worry about connecting with your fragile commander again
More importantly, since these have a high mana value, you can easily deal massive damage whenever you pay 3 mana to equip and use them as removal or to deal a big chunk of damage to your opponents