I've played this quite a bit in MOM limited and it was a pretty good card. One Drops are always better than they look and an installment plan to get a 1/1 and a 2/2 for 4 Mana over several turns is just good combined with the multiple upsides (mill, Lifelink..).
Didn’t know this card existed, but it’s such a great glue card. The lifelink makes it an interesting creature to suits/pants up or use as a lifegain enabler if that’s your thing.
You can discard/mill/sacrifice it for value and then get rewarded with artifact and counter synergies. It’s even a relatively popular tribe!
The big down side is the double-sided token which isn’t very elegant, but it’s also pretty simple to grok. I am trying to build a lower powered cube, has anyone played this?
It did benefit from being a phyrexian and getting pumped by tribal stuff, which I assume is not a thing in your cube.
I think Powerlevel wise it's comparable to Rubblebelt Maverick which was a good card in the hat set too.