The card has never been competitive, but its effect reads like an alternate win condition, so if Duelists ever figure out how to reliably get a Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, and Xyz Monster on the field at once, we can assume Sophia will become popular overnight
The Final Fantasy fan in me loves it, and the MTG fan in me loves it
Mostly seems like it is going to see play in some kind of deck that really wants to make a lot of birds, maybe a "the birds" themed Hitchcock deck
The MTG set Ikoria introduced Hexproof counters (along with counters for Deathtouch, Lifelink, and a whole bunch of other keywords) which can be placed on permanents to give them Hexproof
After Kite defeated Dennis, she watched everyone applaud both Duelists for their Duel
Nashi is very powerful in Commander as it is a Bolas's Citadel in the Command Zone