Maybe, but youre hard pressed to find a better 1-drop in blue
The added bonus for The Bare Necessities, and the reason well likely be seeing an entire playset of these in every amber deck, is that it also allows you to pick any non-character card from your opponents freshly revealed hand and force them to discard it
You must choose one of the non-Spider permanents to keep and put the rest of the non-Spider permanents with that name into your graveyard
Tokens will be created for each of your opponents, not just opponents that you attacked
While a bit contradictory with the Amethyst portion of the deck, which has you constantly sending characters back to your hand, if you keep bringing them to the field , your opponent may be put in a difficult situation, unable to use Actions if you play your hand right
Cons : Needs bodies on board