1/1 flyers are great pingers
If a card on the battlefield has to move to the graveyard, hand, library or any other zone, it always goes to the graveyard, hand, etc
Obviously, while we glossed over it a moment ago, eight mana isnt an insignificant cost to play
This last point was a particular problem during the early 90s and is now known as the Junk Wax Era due to the huge print runs of popular cards as manufacturers tried to satisfy demand by printing too much
When it enters the battlefield, it gives a creature -13/-13 until the end of the turn, which is great
I generally don't like situational ramp on sticks (Dragonlord's Servant) because creatures die more often than other safer sources of ramp (Rampant Growth), but Danitha is at least a good candidate to wear those Auras/Equipments