The bonus if youre the monarch is that youll be making a 4/4 flier every turn instead of a 1/1
Certainly playable and a good way to hedge but if I want hand disruption on dorks I am going to look at a lot of other cards before I look at this one
Bloom Hulk is splashable and has a swingy ETB ability with a high ceiling for free
Hero of Leina Tower $1 How much mana are you going to have where you want to target this guy and then pay X
Cards like Sanctum Weaver, for example, can tap for a lot of mana, and even if the Creatures themselves die, you can still activate their abilities, just as Enchantments
You really want to trigger it on as many land drops as you can as you are only really making one, max two with a sac, land drops a turn and will be averaging less than one a turn overall