Though Disney Lorcanas initial set, The First Chapter, launched with three Starter Decks to give players a taste of all six Ink types, each subsequent set has launched with just two pre-constructed decks, and Shimmering Skies is no different
While cards like Vivi challenge the idea somewhat, the fact is that Wizards of the Coast, on the whole, is much more conservative when it comes to designing cards these days
Since flipping battles requires some sort of damage, players now have to decide whether their time is better spent attacking opponents directly or if the game could potentially be won faster by focusing on the battle instead
This also led us to realize that one of the goals of the core set should be to enable simpler decks for Standard
For the same mana cost youd probably rather sleeve up a creature with burn as an activated ability, or perhaps firebreathing