It takes the cards name (a term meaning to take peasants and press them into military service) and matches the expectation (by making a number of relatively low-powered Soldiers)
Fundamentally you are still just better off in terms of tempo and consistency if you run spot removal instead
You can move characters onto a location, though, and doing so will often grant them powerful effects, like The Queens Castle, Mirror Chamber drawing you cards for every character you have on it
As a general rule, plot Slickshot if your opponent is holding up open mana
While you may be able to find her for a few dollars cheaper than this, it's still a huge jump in costs for this legendary card
Whenever you discard a card, you may either draw a card, create a Treasure token, or make each opponent lose three life