Its a shame its a rare, but the second ability is pretty good, and you can use it to sacrifice your caves or animate your creature lands a little faster, so thats a nice plus
It bounces non-Phyrexian creatures, and also lets you cast a bunch of spells for free
For example, commonly played Zombies in Commander include the Zombie God cycle like God-Eternal Oketra
Eternal Witness's bigger brother, Greenwarden does see less play thanks to it's higher CMC, however, what amazes me is that foil copies can be had for under $4 currently
Revive the Shire gives you a regrowth effect that also incidentally makes a food
I was killed a turn or two later by another player and I was really just happy to have found a way to cheat death once and kill someone before the game was over