Source: Final Fantasy Wiki As you have probably guessed, this boss hits 10x harder than its normal-sized brethren and its signature move is called 10,000 Needles. Personally, I think some form of direct damage would have been a cooler translation from video game to MTG card in the games, and even in the card art, this looks like a ranged attack, rather than the cactus growing bigger
The draw card option on Cryptic is a big part of that and is the equivalent of the discard on Kolghan's
Furthermore, Magic is releasing a two-player Starter Set with Cloud, Planets Champion and Sephiroth, Planets Heir as the featured cards
You might not be copying every creature you drop, but you at least have a chance to while this is on the board
Although, you are likely to be casting Edict for 1 mana