Sure, that's a lot, but he's an uncounterable 8/12 with trample and ward 4 too
As such, the card is seeing fringe play in Legacy in Aluren as you are able to Venture and complete dungeons, especially Lost Mine of Phandelver
That can be Wurmcoil Engine, and if I have the mana laying around anyways, it's a great use of it
Since he can't quest for lore, this does seem mostly like a slightly worse Beast, Relentless, but there may be some clever tricks you can pull by giving Hook Resist
Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of the next end step
(It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.) Perfection is at hand