There's potential for some interesting late-game developments here, but it takes a long while and a lot of luck to build up to the point that Winter's most powerful abilities can be activated , leaving plenty of space for opponents to charge ahead in the meantime
You can force folks to head Gideons way instead of yours, destroy some tapped stuff, or turn into a nasty creature to attack from nowhere
This two-mana aura protects pretty much any creature of your choice, and as its not only a good card, but one of a kind too, its only natural itd see some spikes here and there
Honestly, if over the next couple of weeks the metagame shakes out in such a way that Shifting Ceratops is extremely popular and sees a lot of maindeck play, I would be pretty hesitant to register Mono-Blue, and at the very least would be (sadly) eyeing up Mist-Cloaked Herald as a way to attack past Ceratopss Moat mode
Every New Card The Ruinous Powers deck has two key themes: cascade and Demon Tribal