And if your opponent lets him live for a turn, you can turn him into Ifrit, Warden of Inferno , a 9/9 that immediately fights another creature, before pumping out a pile of red mana the next turn
If R&D continues to aggressively push the power level of Standard cards, we will have to get used to seeing some banned every couple of months
Its also great in formats that have indestructible artifact lands
It is not a problem to play, but please do not ask for a perfect product
For example, in Urza's Destiny (the set where I was the entire design team), there were two different cycles that explored effects that scaled based on how many cards of a certain color were in your hand
If you use its activated ability, which requires you to sacrifice another creature, you get to not only draw a card, but also put a land into play