Most sets are like that, especially the ones that come 2nd or 3rd in a block, because they are often not bringing a lot of new innovation to the table
The ability is only okay with equipment cards that use attack triggers like Sword of the Animist, but it excels with anything that provides a combat buff or has a combat damage trigger
By paying one life and sacrificing a creature, you draw a card and put a -1/-1 counter on something
This is another example of uncommon heavily printed vs heavily printed common will make you think that the uncommon is much more expensive, but not in this case where the uncommon is much cheaper
Green can easily destroy artifacts and enchantments, and many of its creatures are un-targetable by enemy spells thanks to hexproof
Faramir, Steward of Gondor On the surface, Faramir is a straightforward commander