While this cards effect is certainly powerful enough to warrant building around, its also a bit nasty to play against, so use this $1 card with caution
Crown of the Ages allowed you to change the target of an enchantment, Jeweled Amulet allowed you to stockpile Mana much more efficiently than with a Mana Battery, and Runed Arch would allow any massive weenie army to get some of its creatures through unblocked
Im sure there are other options out there, but I cant say Ive ever seen a Trinket Mage tutor up anything besides those two artifacts
There are so many impressive and powerful cards available in Tarkir: Dragonstorm that you cant go wrong with this set, regardless of which format you prefer to play in
As a mono-colored leader with four life, one might take a quick look and write it off as terrible, but his ability makes it even more resilient than the mighty Whitebeard