Thanks to Whispers in the Well and powerful cards like Demona and Hades, thats unlikely to change anytime soon, and Blurple continues to be a meta relavent choice in the Whispers in the Well format
Cards like Lilo, Making a Wish and Stitch, New Dog were just two of the many cheap threats packed into the amber/x aggro shell, with the purpose of getting characters into play as fast as possible, and then using some number of Lanterns or shifting using Stitch, New Dog to get Stitch, Rock Star into play ahead of curve
Ideally, play him before using a discard effect, and you can activate the effect the same turn by Singing Sudden Chill with Ursula Deceiver or Diablo Devoted Herald
When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.) In spite of their hunger, theyre slow eaters
Most Magic: The Gathering cards can only attack or defend during a round
We're talking about 'bounce' decks, as the community calls them