While his low-ish power might make it tricky to get excess damage in at first, with a few buffs or other damage-causing spells before combat you'll be raking in those sacrifices
Wizards showed off three of those cards during the panel: Towashi, Isle of Vesuva, and Spatial Merging
While the data may inform Wizards' decisions, the financial implications of low tournament attendance and people quitting the game are what spur Wizards to action
Even better, however, is the fact that all your lands will now fuel "basic lands matter" cards: they're all Swamps for Cabal Coffers, Plains for Emeria, the Sky Ruin, Mountains for Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle, everything for Last Stand, etc
Shortly after this incident, the museum decided to stop offering the card
It flies and as a rough to answer protection