But the two effects are at least always synergistic, which should hopefully avoid the situation where only one half of a split card is considered playable, and the other half only exists to complicate mana value calculations
Alas, while this is the case, that's only half of the story, and the product is much more like the Secrets of Strixhaven Codex Bundle
Cards like Jin-Gitaxias, Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation and the Phyrexian Incubator tokens can all benefit greatly from a transformation matters playstyle
Act of Treason is a frequently good sideboard card, and an extra mana for two damage is not the worst deal
That being said, as long as people are still trying to play non-creature spells that eat an entire turns worth of mana, Spell Pierce will be there to punish their hubris
If a character hit in more than one of these categories, we knew we had to include them