Like most other creature spells, Hook-Haunt Drifter can be responded to, countered, and the like
The Story of Cube Cube started as a reflection: What if instead of drafting Booster Packs from Standard sets filled with commons and bad cards, we drafted only good cards? MTG players proceeded to build their Cubes to play with their friends
Tapping to provide graveyard hate + ramp would, I dare say, make this card playable if that's all it did
That said, there are plenty of cards under the five-dollar threshold that are great for playing in other formats or that have a lot of utility in decks, even if theyre not the main focus
Maybe it's because we've just come out of a humdrum Spiderman set, recently got the most Universes Beyond-stuffed calendar we've ever seen, and have Avatar the Last Airbender coming up next, but I just can't find it in me to get super excited about this