This and some other cards were created in a plot line within the Duel Termina series in which monsters of two different archetypes end up fusing, showing effects unrelated to both. This guy in particular is the combination of Gem-Knight Obsidian and Laval Lakeside Lady.
It is indeed very decent, as it’s currently the only rank 3 that’s a warrior and has more than 0 attack... the effect fits any warriors deck that uses lv3s
Hi, I’m the Laval player who didn’t put this into my deck but would put him with an 8th slot... well I decided that’s my Laval deck, I have enough synchros already, let’s take out one of those staple synchros and put this guy in so I did. The staple should be the one waiting for the new slot, not an actual archetype card. So welcome to my lavals, Ignis.