In a food deck, this card is a must-have
Over time though, Wizards started pushing more aggressively built and aggressively costed creatures as a means of giving Green a competitive edge on the tournament scene
You clearly need to be heavy on equipment to use Firion, but assuming you are, it should be pretty strong
On one hand, its a Birthing Pod for your graveyard, which is neat, and it doesnt have a cost associated with that ability
His defining characteristic is Affinity for artifact creatures, a variant of the classic mechanic that counts your mechanical creatures to reduce his own casting cost
Its indestructible, so it should get into combat easily, and just a small Giant Growth can make you steal that many cards