For an investment of four mana you net an on-curve 4/4 flying with a discard ward
If youve played any Final Fantasy game, or even any RPG, youre like, Yep, theres the weapons vendor, the item person, theres the person greeting you when you come into town. Many of the most recognizable heroes, like Cloud and Sephiroth, are reserved for the rare and mythic rarity character cards, which are intentionally powerful, yet the latter of which show up only in one of every eight packs of cards
The fact that it costs eight mana also hardly seems like a concern, given how easily green can pull ahead of other colors with land ramp and mana dorks
Arasta of the Endless Web will CRUSH tempo decks since not only does it swarm the board every time they play a cantrip or counterspell, it also blocks all the creatures that are supposed to sneak past your defenses