DEBT: A mnemonic to remember what protection does: it prevents d amage, e nchanting/ e quipping, b locking, and t argeting
Its a huge investment at 8 mana, but once it lands, its incredibly hard for opponents to deal with your board
Interestingly, although each card involving Ripple requires four cards to be revealed, the mechanic is templated as "Ripple X", meaning that further iterations of the ability could involve revealing a greater or smaller number of cards
Blue suprisingly has a number of good options for supplementing aggro decks without sacrificing the control archetype, such as Stasis for an additional Winter Orb effect, Snapcaster Mage, Vendilion Clique, and Man-o-War for tempo/efficient beaters, and multicolor support in the form of cards like Geist of Saint Traft and Psychatog
You can even use it to get around sacrifice costs
If you remove at least one damage from a character, Ancient Insight kicks in and gives Grand Pabbie two more additional lore