the fact that its attached to a creature makes it great
It only costs three mana for a 2/4 and comes with both of these solid abilities, making it a staple in elf and reanimator decks
His long silver hair drapes forward, untouched by the inferno that devours everything else, while he contemplates the destruction as if it were a quiet meditation
Farid, Enterprising Salvager Farid, Enterprising Salvager turns your fallen artifacts into Scrap tokens, which you can then sacrifice to goad creatures, pump Farid, or rummage
If the targeted spell has a triggered ability that copies it (for example, replicate or storm), the copies will be controlled by the player who cast that spell
Seriously, pumping seven mana into this might seem bad, until you suddenly get an absurd number of draws, untap steps, and oh heck, just extra turns