The good thing about Ba-Boom
They may both put you in a solid position to collect more lore, but without side effects, neither is undefeatable
With 2/2/2/2 all-rounder stats, they can challenge when needed while keeping early lore pressure on
And then you can swing with Sephiroth, kill Aerith anyway, draw a card, and dump the counters onto him
The middle-game always proves to be the most tense and complex, as both players tend to have a handful of characters in play and must decide between questing to gain points and challenging to slow the opponent down
At the time of the announcement (see here), there were mixed feelings among the community, in particular in relation to the impact the decision would have had on the meta and the competitive events