If the creature loses flying before Shadow Puppeteers's last ability resolves, the creature will still become a red Dragon with base power and toughness 4/4 in addition to its other colors and types until end of turn
With Zinnia in play and paying the offspring cost, that would be four cards for five mana - a pretty good deal even in a format as powerful as Commander
How about doubling up tokens created by Docent of Perfection, Talrand or Inalla
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First you get the grain, then you get the power, then you get control over imperial China apparently