The design constraint was that the card had to be able to be cast from multiple zones, but not from your hand.
It is much easier to remove than the older enchantment though, so it's hard to say if one is strictly better than the other
Since it's mana free, you can use it when you've tapped out, or cast a mass removal spell like Damnation or Life's Finale to save it proactively not reactively to something else and have the only creature left on the battlefield
Emporio.Ivankov OP16-044 Character Blue 2 Cost 2000 Power Special +1000 Counter [Blocker] (After your opponent declares an attack, you may rest this card to make it the new target of the attack.) Impel Down/Revolutionary Army Illustrated by Yasushi Yamaguchi Block 5 Standard legal Extra legal
And is targeting only one person like that even useful, strategically or politically
The game plan vs them is to try to make it to the late game as once you start casting Liliana's Masteries and Dark Salvations for 2, it becomes very difficult for them to finish you off