Well, yes, every other element might have a "better" creature but you didn't take into consideration it's stats. It's the same as flesh spider unupgraded, and it's better than a lot of others upgraded. It doesn't need a buff. It's one of the last ones I'd think of needing one.
I'm talking about the unupgraded one
The unupgraded one doesn't need to be strong.
It's unupgraded...
Why are all unupgraded better than this unupgraded, so?
-cough- Flesh spider -cough-
-cough- Graviton Mercenary -cough-
Not to mention firefly is even weaker, and so is wyrm with the upkeep cost.
Sadly, not all cards are created equal. Steel Golem > Abyss Crawler.
We're talking about the unupgraded version...
Since a fool tried to make Cockatrice boosted, why shouldn't this, which is already way weaker be boosted too?
Every creature, except the Graviton Mercenary, which I find the only that is as no good as this, is better than the crawler. It needs something.