Its great for redirecting damage, or making your heavy hitter into an unstoppable machine
The activated ability isnt the focus, but its a nice touch
Players duel by casting spells, summoning creatures, and deploying artifacts to reduce their opponents life total to zero
For example, if you attack with a 5/5 creature with trample and it's blocked by a 2/2 creature, you can assign 2 damage to the blocker and 3 damage to the defending player
One option is to use the cards ability for card draw and discarding in conjunction with other characters that benefit from card draw and discarding such as Gustav The Giant, Terror of the Kingdom, Jafar, Striking Illusionist and Maleficent, Mistress of All Evil
With this pairing, you'll deal damage directly to your opponents when your creatures are dealt combat damage