This 3 mana 1/4 isn't just a decent blocker - it's also a great way to deal with cards causing trouble in your opponents' yards
You can do this at instant speed, letting you sneak some damage through your opponents who might not be paying attention to your open mana, and very likely, not to the abilities you have tacked on those lands
The same could be said of any ol chonker, but this one has a fun effect attached to it that makes it into a chonker, so its more fun overall
But 1 mana is 1 mana, and that's less than 2
The goal of the game is to be the first player to gain 20 Lore
It then has me proliferate, which may not help with everything counters, but it still should serve as something of a backup for Heroic Intervention