At the moment, this tradeoff seems fair and the best method to prevent the opponent from extracting value from Battles is with counterspells
Cards like Gray Merchant of Asphodel or lifegain strategies make paying 5-8 life trivial compared to the board control achieved
Practically every voltron commander needs a Strong Back, even for playing support cards like Crystal Carapace, Staff of Titania, and Nazgl Battle-Mace
Players could use them to draw cards, but now we had this object that we could design elements of the set around
Bundles also come with promos, featuring one of the legendary characters who took sides in the Brothers' War, Queen Kayla bin-Kroog
Court of Ardenvale AND Court of Grace Hello and welcome to our pair of four-cost enchantments make you the Monarch on arrival to the battlefield and then in your upkeep you'll get a trigger that's better if you have the Monarchy and kept it for a round of turns