I expect Lantern of the Lost to see play across a variety of formats
If the ninjutsu ability had been introduced in a different set, with different flavor and on different creatures, I wonder if it would have become another recurring mechanic, like cycling or convoke
I'm not sure this makes much sense anywhere outside the Mutant Menace precon it came in, since rad counters don't translate to most green decks that care about giant creatures all that well
If you held this entire time, you just got 4 years of no returns
In metagames rife with Reliquary Towers and full grips, this is going to be obscenely good (because it'll be like a 30/30, and it will tutor for that Strip Mine, Dust Bowl, and/or Wasteland to destroy the Towers)
Retreat to Coralhelm is, therefore, a fantastic choice for the deck