It could be essential for several absurd strategies, and it's a 6/5 with flying and trample that protects itself with ward when you discard a card
It also has the fracture foil treatment, making it look even more eye-catching
Unless your deck is very low curve or very bent on ending the game quickly yet fears low life totals such as mono black aggro then Batterskull is usually going to be the better choice than Loxodon Warhammer in decks even without Stoneforge Mystic
I mean, just try to walk through what turns of Standard would be like if Mana Drain was legal
But either way, being able to give itself vigilance and deathtouch is great but adding Afterlife 2 to it makes it absurd in value
If a creature you control has been goaded by multiple opponents, it must attack one of your opponents that hasn't goaded it, as that fulfills the maximum number of goad requirements