Sure, he's only eight and not going to add much to Wizards ' bottom line or to the Magic community in the near future, but who knows
And at this point there are so many different ones available that you have a world of characters to choose from
A mana base can be simple (say, seventeen Plains in a mono-white Limited deck) or it can be quite complex: featuring multiple colors of mana, lands with unusual abilities, and indirect methods of making mana (via artifacts, creatures, or spells)
The Warden plays well with planeswalkers and creatures with counters on them, but its also mostly self-sufficient
It gets handled constantly during setup, takes direct hits from table grime, drink spills, and accidental bends