Seizing on the opportunity to forge even more synergy between MTG and the Final Fantasy TCG, connecting cards were created, one for each, featuring Alphinaud and Alisaie from Final Fantasy 14
Like every newly released card, Battles will need to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, given their mechanics don't seem to break the game pattern so much as to make them a semi-mandatory feature in every deck (unlike what we saw with Companions)
Case in point, the Great Henge not only has ways to give you mana and draw cards, its even kind enough to reduce its own casting cost if you have a big enough creature
With Amulet of Vigor in play and enough lands on the battlefield, casting Scapeshift to fetch two Lotus Fields, Simic Growth Chamber, Tolaria West, and Shifting Woodland unlocks a chain reaction: the bounce land returns Tolaria West, which transmutes for Summoner's Pact, which finds Aftermath Analyst
This is rather like a super-charged Ravenous Chupacabra