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
Both strategies are fantastic and can be upgraded to grow into a giant threat
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It pulls the creatures out of exile, and while they're just 2/2 Cyberman creatures on board, if they die after that point, they'll end up back in their owner's graveyard again, ripe for recursion and reanimation
Sometimes, an MTG card that looks a lot like some common, unimpressive cards, but plays a lot better, ends up getting overlooked initially