Oh yeah, and it also has the worthwhile interaction of dodging Krark-Clan Shaman damage by being a flier
Then you can have your foe's mill X and then put the creatures that way face down under your control as 2/2 Cyberman that are artifact dorks
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If you cast a Mistcutter Hydra for X=6, it enters with six +1/+1 counters
Its a heck of a lore bounty too - three lore for two ink makes Pinocchio, Star Attraction the only card at this ink cost with such a high questing value
Even creature decks that can remove it, such as Orzhov Knights, are often put in a spot where they must remove it or they lose the game, and even if they do remove it youve often already gotten value, since you can cast and activate it in the same turn with Opt or The Royal Scions