The card also demonstrates the return of the Ally creature class from Zendikar
Artificer wont help you to create some grandiose new card design that requires card frame manipulation or anything like that, but its a totally functional and easy way to put rules text on a card and slap some of the key Magic elements on it
Take the captains chair and build your own Star Trek deck
Besides some casual Commander decks that may want this, Mouth of Ronoms effect is just too overcosted
Oh, and theres a goad package in there, no big
Other Cards from Battle for Baldur's Gate Blood Money is a key mass removal spell for this build since it destroys all dorks, for one more mana than I'd prefer, and makes a ton of tapped Treasures for future turns to use to cast your exiled dork while equipping, dropping removal, using Vorpal Sword, and loads more