When combined with other creatures you could return from the graveyard, such as Gravecrawler, Bloodghast and Vengevine, it allowed you to quickly amass a huge board state as early as turn 2
Sam's Club has it for $49.94, and in my opinion, that is about as good as it gets without waiting for some mythical clearance event
But what about cosmetics in MTG Arena
(6/22/2015) If the ability doesn't resolve (either for having its target become illegal or because a spell or ability counters it), the mode chosen for that instance of the ability still counts as being chosen
One exception are cast triggers like those often found on Eldrazi Titans, these triggered abilities do go on the stack whether a spell is countered or not
The Zombie Commander Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver, builds your battlefield, creating tokens whenever a Zombie without decayed dies