Our first glimpse at Battles in MTG comes from the latest tie-in story, in which the infrequent appearing character Nahiri returns to her home world, Zendikar, to try to bend it to her new master, the Phyrexians, will
Bear in mind of course, that the card prices here are just meant to provide a guideline
The ceiling is incredibly high for Huatli because of the power of the ultimate and the ability to gain obscene amounts of loyalty, but the floor is also incredibly low as Huatli can do actual nothing for four mana
Kaladesh, like most artifact sets before it, was pushed to the limit as far as power level was concerned, which led to multiple bannings in Standard (and was around the start of bannings being so in vogue in Standard)
Artifact Yes Man, Personal Securitron : Target opponent gains control of Yes Man
Meanwhile, Up The Beanstalk was deemed too efficient a card-draw option, and it doesn't help that players don't have to pay 5 mana when they're using the Evoke elementals (at least Fury is gone now)