It allows you to play an early Muxus and spin through your less important Goblin cards with Conspicuous Snoop
An added advantage of having Cursed Merfolk exerted on your field is that your opponent will be forced to discard a card when challenging it, giving you a leg-up on hand resources as well as lore
Which Sad Robot art is your favorite
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician Representing one of the biggest villains in MTG history, Yawgmoth is so terrifying that he has a Modern deck built around him

Abhorrent Oculus Aegis Sculptor Aerial Doombot Agency Outfitter Arala, Hedron Scaler Archive Dragon Beetle, Legacy Criminal Benevolent River Spirit Buzz Bots Campus Composer Chancellor of Tales Clinquant Skymage Cloudsculpt Technician Cold Case Cracker Conspiracy Unraveler Council of Echoes Coveted Falcon Crimestopper Sprite Curator of Destinies Didact Echo Dirgur Island Dragon Diversion Unit Djinn of Fool's Fall Donatello, Way with Machines Dragoon's Wyvern Drake Hatcher Duelist of the Mind Emeritus of Ideation Encouraging Aviator Erratic Apparition Falcon, Winged Wonder Fear of Falling Fear of Isolation Finch Formation First-Time Flyer Flitterwing Nuisance Flying Octobot Fog Bank Frolicking Familiar Geyser Drake Geyser Leaper Ghostly Keybearer Giant-Sized Flying Ant Glamer Gifter Glamermite Glen Elendra Guardian Glitch Ghost Surveyor Harrier Strix High Fae Trickster Highspire Bell-Ringer Icewind Elemental Iguana Parrot Il Mheg Pixie Illusion Spinners Illvoi Galeblade Iron Lad, Diverging Destiny Ironheart, Clever Champion Justice, Vance Astrovik Kang the Conqueror Kitesail Corsair Kitesail Larcenist Knightfisher Living Conundrum Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel Marang River Regent Marauding Sphinx Memory Guardian Mischievous Mystic Mistway Spy Mm'menon, the Right Hand Mocking Sprite Mockingbird

The One Ring's controller takes damage each upkeep from the burden counters, but who cares