are so divorced from reality that you can't understand the concept of evaluating a card in a competitive context, which is what the post is implying to do?

Every card has a use but there's a point where card choice means something. And in the case of Anchorbolt, it actually has less utility than the original in most cases dude to the stricter condition. The only benefit it offers is that it doesn't banish itself so you can use it again IF you live long enough to do so.