The card disrupts your opponent and by removing the right card from your opponents graveyard, you can sever their combo chain and help yourself to a tasty victory
Control Stop players from stopping your fun: the match is yours and they simply haven't realized it yet
A 1/4 with ward 1 defends itself well, and just by attacking and conniving, you can boost Raffine and other creatures you control, and fill your graveyard for shenanigans and value
Battles can be targeted during the Attack phase and the defending player can assign Defenders to it
This degenerate Gobbo borrows all of your foes mana-producing artifacts when they get tapped, allowing you to absolutely pop off with beaucoup mana taken from your foes mana rocks, likely leading you to a massive turn that might potentially end the game on the spot
Open to reasonable offers