It is also protected if it somehow finds itself on the Bench getting hit by a bench-hitting Move
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
The key to success is low investment : Lickitung is an obviously terrible card, but throwing out a Misty or putting an Energy on an Eevee youre building up to evolve anyway is a small cost with high potential reward
Its not the most pro-social card, but its also one that I think is mostly reasonable as a way for these decks to try and take a win against control decks that seem to have hands full of answers
Understanding these factors helps determine the worth of energy cards
This won't derail the act in the same way dropping the card could