Preventing a variety of creatures from blocking is a cute tack-on, but what you want to be doing shortly after you cast a huge card is stabilizing, not immediately start racing
With repeatable triggers that occur through lands entering the battlefield, these effects pair in great fashion with the likes of mana ramp and fetch lands that reliably allow additional lands to enter the battlefield under your control, providing significant additional value with minimal effort required
Ward has already proven to be powerful on a single character
All you have to do is have Jumbo Cactuar out and able to attack, Jarad out, and three mana open during the attack step
When combined with good card draw, this can keep you ahead of your opponents and casting massive threats sooner
This hi-tech Rat Ninja uses life to steal effects right out from underneath your opposition