Not only do you need the pod and the dork and the things to make that dork cheaper compared to their CMC but you also need a target with the exact CMC +1 of the thing you ditch
Were all the cards ones I would play
To take advantage of its need to see your opponents bleed, running other Bloodthirst-y cards, like Petrified Wood-KinPetrified Wood-Kin, Furyborn HellkiteFuryborn Hellkite, or some spectacle cards like Light Up the StageLight Up the Stage, add some good support
Monks being land based is something else that is baffling to me
Played on turn 1 and dealing with it immediately it already replaced itself, while dealing with it with paying for the trigger it already did its job in slowing you down and letting the player gain a tempo advantage
This means that, for example, you can't activate an equip ability between combats