It was definitely an underdog release in Japan. Word of mouth on Japanese playgrounds helped Pokmon surge in popularity, especially because Game Boys were much more affordable than they had been in their heyday
It's also an interesting black draw in a multi player format like commander, where you would have options for how many cards to draw (and life to lose,) based on the chosen player's graveyard
Especially if there's some way to utilize some sort of enter the battlefield trigger, like off of Warleader's Call
Excepting some very unusual cases, that copy won't be a land, so it won't also become an Island
This ability plays well with extra turn spells
3 Ambiguity Like Very Cryptic Command, Ambiguity makes fun of the twisted terminology that Magic: The Gathering players have to deal with regularly