Its interesting to see this card in less than 800 decks on EDHRec while Brave the Sands shows up in over 30,000
But even if you are only relying on the item synergy with Pacha, he might be worth running
Four mana for five damage is fine, and the potential to deal a point or two to your opponents dome is a nice bonus
Even a few instant cards make creature tokens that have infect, but those are for another article
Its become a stax mainstay due to its low opportunity cost, but it can find a home in a lot of different lists due to its consistently relevant ability to prevent opponents from casting their commanders
Your main goal is to setup Borrelend Dragon + Borreload Savage Dragon on your first turn, which against Millennium is just an auto win (especially the loaner, which has zero outs when going second) - you just wait for the opponent to summon the Exodia Incarnate and then you negate it