Finding new combos and synergies, discovering cards they've never seen before, and putting them together in creative ways is the real appeal of Magic, winning is just an added extra
What is more common is that cards like Negate, Spell Pierce, Flusterstorm, Dispel and Glen Elandra Archmage abilities are held up to prevent countermagic and this bypasses such things and will force through your creature
Elenda could also be a consideration for more traditional gain and drain lists perhaps as well
Kimahri copies exactly what was printed on the original creature, with the listed exceptions (unless that creature is copying something else or is a token
This card was originally expected only to given away with the English language release, but Ichikawa personally advocated for a Japanese version to ensure it reached Japanese players