Recommended Formats: Limited, Standard 1
If you can get over the awful stats-to-mana-cost ratio, this is a gem that can find a home in many a black Commander deck
If you watch the games, you'll see that we got a ton of wins by flipping it into Black Chocobo, which then grabbed a land to trigger its landfall to grow all of our Birds and all of our other landfall, generally leading to us dealing around 50 damage and winning the game on the spot
While the New Player Points will get you a few hours of entertainment, which is probably worth $10, from a financial perspective, the New Player Points are essentially worthless, and the 800 cards are mostly unplayable (you get two of every Standard-legal common and the Welcome Deck rares and uncommons)
This frees up seven slots for creatures, including some early game dudes