Probably one of the most underrated cards there are.

Upon blocking, he is removed from combat - the creature you threw him at is considered blocked and no damage resolves;

let that seep in for a second and think.

Yep.
This breaks trample. And deathtouch. And lifelink. And adds no counters to Umezawa's Jitte.
Buys you at least one round against any deck trying to win with a single fat pusher.
Heck, I once stalled down a Sneak Attack'd Blightsteel Colossus with one of these guys.

Now, if you add Homeward Path your one-mana niche attacker suddenly becomes a rock in the tides too, easily capable of indefinitely halting a rampant Batterskull, Wurmcoil Engine, you name it.
Red doesn't exactly have many cards like these.

That is to say, a one-mana critter with power greater than one isn't even half bad by itself, doubly so as red tends to offer more than enough wa... (see all)