If, by Santa, you mean your Supreme Club Contact?

IMO she's gonna be a guranteed during the fusion event.  Be it from a path or deck event.  

Just watched a vid.  Hilvi looks very strong.  Could make Tormin relevant again.    

Will she have more value than the new fusion?

well  for  ME  even though  I  have  tormin (bonus) .  If  I  think stand  alone  and  your  account does  NOT  have a dward  true revivor  then  yes  she  is a better reviror than the Shadowkin fusion which players may already have other versions  of revivors  there

Totally different roles & factions.  The fusion is attainable, while Hilvi may only be available from shards.  Short expressed a bit of wishful thinking about some sort of event, but that is just conjecture.

I've never been a fusion chaser.  Only got Donnie on a lucky pull in an ancient spree going for Raph.  TMNT chase proved to me fusions and events in general are NOT my thing. 🤮

Thing is?  I still have pulled a crazy % of the last year's fusions from shards.  So I like playing my game.  Probably why my friemd burned out but I'm still playing.

Certainly important to play the game the way you want to play it for maximum enjoymnet.

However, there are some fusions that are far more impactful than others, and doing or skipping those fusions can have a dramatic impact on your account progression: Armanz, Fabian, Gnut & Titus are a whole lot different than Kroz, Esme, Kantra & Sigmund.

Big big big agree.

This is why champ evaluation and proper resource management are such a huge thing in the game.