Though five strength and three willpower might initially seem like a bad deal, thanks to the cards Champion of Kumandra ability which means Raya, Leader of Heart, doesnt take damage when challenging a damaged character it's actually very good that the stats are weighed so heavily in favour of strength over defence
This means some low-cost cards might not actually be worth keeping
If this ability triggers while you are at 10 or less life and Cecil survives, it flips over into a 4/4 lifelinker, which is quite the deal for 1 mana
Being able to Morph any character with a shift ability on top of Morph is fantastic, and players are bound to be clamoring for copies
There are other ways to draw a lot of cards with white, but I'm partial to the enchantress strategy, which in my opinion is some of the best card draw in the game, let alone for mono-white decks