Its very powerful, its only two mana, and you should be running it in any deck that has Green and at least one more color in it
With Ward, your opponents cannot target Pete except to challenge him directly
The ability to Forked Bolt perfectly fits a lot of situations, and the Fire half of this spell has often slain two bodies, or deal one damage to a, X/1 and another to its controller, which a Lightning Bolt cannot do
If it's a token or play aide, it will often have an ad on the back (assuming the play aide isn't double faced)
Invasion of Zendikar is still better for most ramp decks in Standard
From Father to Son is essentially a tutor for Vehicles, a specific subtype of artifacts in Magic: The Gathering, and considering that the card can potentially be cast twice in a game and cheat out a potentially game-winning piece, it seems like (at first glance) there is quite a bit of value in From Father to Son