Most of the powerful and well rounded ones start at four mana and so unless the creatures can offer comparable power levels to planeswalkers they are not going to get much of a look in
Eden, Seat of the Sanctum Having a land that does something later in the game is a useful tool to mitigate flood, so I doubt Eden, Seat of the Sanctum is utterly unplayable
And he's a great equipment tutor to get you anything you need
The triple keywords make it an excellent target for equipment and auras while the recursion ability gives it utility beyond a stat stick
Funnily enough, the bard creature type was added to Yisan, but rogue wasnt removed
Good stats, potential cost reduction, and a useful payoff for making all those tokens in the form of an overrun-style activated ability