Its better than Sleep, helps get things killed, life totals dropped, and tapping all of the stuff without vigilance (or that couldnt attack for some reason like Dueling Grounds or having defender.) This is a very strong card with a very strong effect, given that all of the creatures out there will swing, leaving their players open for counterswings
Its still a two-power one-drop, which is exactly what red wants, and honestly, wed play it even if it was just Jackal Pup
The event ended up with over 100 people vying for Top 64 on tiebreakers - the end result being that players who qualified early on in the season ended up shut out of the competitions second day after 14 hours of play not in spite of, but due to winning a qualifier event
A very useful and versatile spell tacked on to a very easy to cast and hard to kill creature
Getting both in one card is even better value, even if it is lower tempo