In Magic: The Gathering Foundations , there are 23 tokens and 2 emblems (created by Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator and Vivien Reid) in Play Boosters and Collector Boosters
I love legendary creatures that suggest flavorful tribal builds
It gets cost reduction based on the number of sacrificed permanents, and there are lots of ways to increase that count
The only hang-up is that the Iconic Masters reprint used the Lorwyn art, where beforehand you needed a Lorwyn copy of the card to get that particular image in foil
In Limited, it presents an interesting draft challenge with a major reward, whereas in Constructed, it provides the benefit of a Commander (that you can only cast once) or an eighth card that always starts in your handif you can jump through its hoop
Heck, there even started to be a noticeable downward trend on Arena and an upward trend on MTGO for a bit in the wake of Alchemy's introduction