All other statuses of the permanent when it phases in/out are saved: the permanent remains tapped/untapped, flipped or not, face up/down
Ajani, Nacatl Pariah / Ajani, Nacatl Avenger comes down as two bodies for 2 mana, which isnt the worst rate, and if you can trade off the Cat token you get a nice little planeswalker
A single destroy spell can become a board wipe that empties the battlefield
Admittedly, most of them are on the Commander banlist, but there's still great stuff that you can tutor with Artificer's Intuition, from utility equipment like Shadowspear, to combo pieces like Lion's Eye Diamond or Walking Ballista
Stack up a way to tap and untap them at will, like Freed from the RealFreed from the Real, Aura of DominionAura of Dominion, or Quicksilver DaggerQuicksilver Dagger and pair it all with Intruder AlarmIntruder Alarm to spew out an army of tokens in no time