If it becomes a copy of an Equipment and is attached to a creature, it'll become unattached when it becomes a non-Equipment, non-Aura permanent
In that case, youll enter turn six with four 3/3 Saproling tokens in play, three of which can attack immediately
Atomize Unless youre playing cEDH, Atomize is a borderline auto-include in many Golgari EDH decks, as long as you can reliably make some use of the Proliferate effect
Ral Zarek is more on par with Sorin, Lord of Innistrad and Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas than with Ajani Vengeant or the outstanding Liliana of the Veil, but that doesnt mean he wont see play
That effect alone makes us want to play this card
The mana value of a transforming double-faced permanent is the mana value of its front face, no matter which face is up