You can play it early on your turn and let everyone know that blocking will likely mean that your creature will be exiled
Since the Standard market crashes every couple of years, with the exception of a handful of eternal playables, and the Legacy/Vintage environment is hostile to 95% of the cards that Wizards prints, Commander seems to be the safest market for speculating
In practice, it turns into a tool for fixing clunky hands, digging for answers, and setting up your next turns with way more control than a 1-mana spell should probably allow
The alternate art cleverly plays on the Thriller Bark arc Zoro's absence from the artwork is an intentional nod to a memorable moment from that story
Krishna Equip Equipped creature gets +2/+2, has lifelink and "Other commanders you control get +2/+2 and have lifelink," and is a Performer in addition to its other types