I mean you are paying six mana so he should be pretty good
In their place, we've got strong ways to dump our library into our graveyard (like World ShaperWorld Shaper), a few second-rate tutors (like Vivien, Monsters' AdvocateVivien, Monsters' Advocate), and even a new piece of bear-themed removal (Ulvenwald TrackerUlvenwald Tracker)
Its only bad against +1/+1 counters since those are still on the creatures
Helm of the Gods can turn Tatsunari or Keimi into a lethal threat on the spot, or at least make them into a two-turn clock
The part of the flavor text where Mishra continues to "bear a grudge" is a pun of the fact that the factory depicted in the artwork is making teddy bears and the term "to bear" which means to hold onto something
Again, this should be sensible, but it has slipped by people before