Splitting damage and being unpreventable/counterable are both situationally useful however getting two for one on your X spell is always useful
Making sure that your deck has a majority of creatures accented by noncreatures to support your game plan is going to be important, as limited is generally a combat-oriented format
Future Battle subtypes might not even have a backside, or might even enter on your side and ask you to defend them instead of your opponent
The Selesnya four-drop has first strike, trample and a 4/4 and then has an ETB ability to search your library for two cheap artifact, dork or enchantment cards and toss them into your hand
You can pay extra mana to gain extra effects - almost like levelling up in D&D - with the Barbarian Class giving a creature +2/+0 and menace when you roll a die, and its final level giving all of your creatures haste
This Wilds of Eldraine card also has several other elements that add to the overall impressive nature of the piece, including the glowing apple which seems to be leaking magic down Eriette of the Charmed Apples arm, and her mirrored collar which reveals her true form