The answer is If an effect allows you to put a card with particular characteristics onto the battlefield without instructing you to play or cast it, you consider only the characteristics of a modal double-faced card's front face to see if that card qualifies
Depending on the cards the opponent has out, this could cause massive amounts of damage in the Pokmon TCG
Zaxara, the Exemplary This next commander is quite possibly the Hydra general we've all been waiting for
Its a great card to mill or discard, but theres also merit to just casting it
Hold up protection spells for this Selesnya 2-drop and let cards like Fall of the First Civilization, Tale of Tinviel and Battle at the Helvault do their job
Still, its just a combat trick and it has the inherent risks that they all have serious blowout potential youll play one in any white deck with like 15 creatures in most cases, but it isnt going to be great most of the time