He can be played as a combo to make 1-damage-away challenges now work, and also sets up some of the Emerald effects that only work on damaged characters
Just make sure to keep the cards that you draw separate from the rest of your hand until after you resolve the upkeep trigger
Thats important, however, even if this is the sort of card that loses value when it gets something else banned, like it did for Survival of the Fittest in Legacy
A notably rare stadium card was the 2011 Pokmon TCG World Championships Tropical Beach Stadium, which was only available to people who attended the championship itself
Or have a specific collectors goal in mind, like hoarding every Goblin card ever printed
This new card type came with some design and development principles, including but not limited to: They must feel like another Magic player has sat down to play with you