Its activated ability offers an additional reliable way to grow creatures, ensuring the Crystal contributes even if your deck doesnt naturally produce counters
Players, on average, draw so many more cards in a game that if it goes long enough, you might just deck yourself
Getting to self-wheel on EtB before flipping into a 9/9 that can fight something and generate you a decent chunk of mana, before flipping back to a self-wheel
Its been shelved with a view to rebuilding it in paper should the need transpire
In another case of goblins being lovable, goofy goobers, the flavor text of Goblin War Strike suggests that the little guys are still struggling with the basic order of operations when it comes to using weapons
For example, want to draw your entire deck