Alphas Boons Alpha had five spells which show each color getting three of a resource, and we can see that drawing three cards or getting 3 mana isnt the same as gaining 3 life, but thats the beauty of unbalanced cycles
Also, there are some pesky cards that Grixis colors are not very well prepared to deal with and that end up being very relevant in the EDH panorama, countering is our best way to deal with those
In fact, the top Pokemon cards can take on just about any ball or puck card when it comes to gaudy selling prices
Despite the effect of transforming Battle being a triggered ability , its controller exiles the permanent and then casts it without paying the mana cost , opening up space to interact with Battle on the stack with Make Disappear, or other counterspells, or even to bounce them on the stack, with Venser, Shaper Savant and the like
How many cards the combo requires to go infinite is key