They both shut down enter the battlefield abilities, which is primarily useful against Elementals
Brawl Legal Vintage Legal Timeless Legal Commander Legal Pauper Not Legal Oathbreaker Legal Penny Not Legal Toolbox Notes and Rules Information for Cloud, Midgar Mercenary: Triggered abilities use the word "when," "whenever," or "at." They're often written as "[Trigger condition], [effect]." Some keyword abilities are triggered abilities and will have "when," "whenever," or "at" in their reminder text
If you discard a nonland card, you put a +1/+1 counter on the creature
White Interaction Ben Guilfoyle charts white removals evolution: from Alphas Swords/Disenchant to catch-all O-Ring effects and modern three-mana answers, plus tools like Path and Prismatic Ending
It's also another great way of dealing with indestructible creatures, as one of the few ways of getting rid of them is to weaken them down to below zero toughness through an effect like this
While its ability requires you to have a way to make tokens, even if you can only make one token on your turn, you get to double up on it
