It takes inspiration from Invasion's nightscape apprentice, with an extra ability of its own color
I'm unlikely to use him to stop a Thassa's Oracle win, or neuter a Mindslaver activation, but it's nice to know he can jump in and help when something scary gets put on the stack
Until then, why not come (re-)familiarize yourself with the world of FINAL FANTASY
Once you have powerful discard effects at your disposal, its time to benefit from them by using the best discard payoffs in MTG
Its definitely a subtheme at best, but its pretty powerful when you can assemble it
Then, when you ping the opponent, as long as Ballista has enough counters to survive, youll gain a life, triggering The Destined White Mage to put another +1/+1 counter on Ballista