Even though vanilla creatures arent the most interesting in the world, this card is eminently flavorful, and the rate of getting a combined 12 power and toughness for only four mana is still an extremely good rate over 15 years after this card released
Thirdly, even if a local group was fine or good, consistency is a key factor
I see the argument that one card for you is collectively three cards for your opponents, but last I checked, hardly ever do all three of those cards get aimed at you to begin with unless you're running a tier 0 meta-deck against a group of casuals who already see you as the archenemy
Last year, the group was heavily involved in the resale of Oasis tickets, bragging to social media followers of using multiple identities and bots to bypass the limits on the number of ticket purchases
It exiles any number of target creatures then returns them to the battlefield at the start of the next end step