As is, it can be handy in a mono-color heavy meta or in a deck built around cycling cards, though you can generally do better for protection spells
not every card that was rebalanced to lower its power level is being reverted to the original version now that it's only playable in Historic (looking at you, Alrund's Epiphany)
Crew 4 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 4 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.) Legendary Artifact - Vehicle Reaver Titan Void Shields Protection from mana value 3 or less Gatling Blaster Whenever this Vehicle attacks, it deals 5 damage to each opponent
Most of what this deck wants to do revolves around gaining life or generating food, and Sam will fuel those cards, so you want to prioritize protecting him
Arbiter of Woe Rarity: Uncommon TYPE: Creature SUBTYPE: Demon CMC: 6 Mana cost: USD: $0.20 EUR: 0.21 TIX: 0.03 EDHREC RANK: 10288 (5/4) As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature