If you asked me before about how useful this card was I would have told you that I never bothered with it. It wasn't a bad card but I always found something more useful.
However, now that Fire Has the Tenyi Striker and there is Uraeus and you have a summoner that adds life and attack this little guy can become a powerhouse.
The idea... Keep him in the middle of the pack. Sneakers wipeout the backline making him stronger so that by the time he gets to lead position he's pretty beefy.
Here's an example:
http://www.splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_dc8007c144002d6ed11152e5bcfa259c&ref=terganmarket
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Or an even better example:
http://www.splinterlands.com?p=battle&id=sl_740f0e86e47e49f03ed97dc740de5e70&ref=terganmarket
For two mana he sure gets buff and is now a staple of my fire decks