The Magic card Aerith Rescue Mission encapsulates that choice perfectly: you can either take the elevator, giving you three 1/1 Hero Tokens (representing Cloud, Tifa, and Barrett being ready to fight), or you can take the stairs, which lets you tap and stun up to three creatures (representing their cardio-induced duress)
Every turn he uses his +1 makes him a bigger threat, scaling nicely into 4/5 and 5/6 quickly to help force opponents into finding blockers fast
If youre evoking Solitude most of the time, then its a lot less powerful than the other removal options in the format like Swords to Plowshares and Prismatic Ending
Speaking of cannon fodder, this deck has a lot of valuable creatures that youd love to die like Scourge of Nel Toth, Corpse Augur, and Viridian Emissary
Most importantly, its amazing in Superfriends shells, since your Planeswalkers will enter with double the amount of loyalty counters as normal
If you dont have a big enough creature in play, you can always activate his first ability, which will create a 3/3