He is sort of a Captain Hook - Forceful Duelist, although obviously worse since he sits at 0 Strength when being challenged
One of the most important rules is that your deck must be exactly 60 cards
Once in play, you can start cheating out much bigger threats at a low cost
Green has reasonable access to card draw, its got the best creatures, the best ways to gain a mana advantage, and its even got decent removal with fight effects like Primal Might and artifact and enchantment hate like Nature's Claim
This really speaks to the quality of the set overall, and the impact its likely to have on Magics most popular format
I don't think it's likely we're reprinting this, but I could imagine that in the right environment, it's possible