As with any good Goblin-related card, the flavor text is brilliant and amusingly derisive toward Gobbos: Theyre not worth much, but theyre easy to catch. 4
In addition, various builds of Control decks in Standard just have inherent artifacts in them, making it so you can have a vigilance lifelinking Ezrim at any point in a game
You don't need discard to have this be a good tempo play yet it is still good value with any discard you do have
However, there are better options available such as Thoughtseize or Inquisition of Kozilek, which offer more immediate and impactful effects
And that's the worst-case scenario, in a 4-player game this could easily be a three for one that leaves you the Human Druid
Halimar ExcavatorHalimar Excavator (1,739 Inclusions, 0% of 1,492,650 Decks) There is another deck that is wild about this