That player creates X 1/1 white and blue Bird creature tokens with flying, where X is the spells mana value
While the effect only triggers once per turn, since cycling can be done at instant speed, you can get four triggers of it in one turn cycle
Even now, while I think he's good, I don't think he's at his best in mono-sphere, because with that statline, while versatility is nice you really want to get some Unexpected Courages onto the table, so as an intended mono-sphere card I would say he was not well designed for his archetype, especially not at the time of his release
Metamorphosis Fanatic Metamorphosis Fanatic is a fancy way to improve on reanimation
Tokens are also an important resource in the late-game as you start to lock down the board
And then we have full playset of Birds from Beta as well as an Illusionary Mask GD) and a Word of Command (PL)