It doesn't copy whether that creature was tapped or untapped, whether it had any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, and so on
The moxen are boarded in for match-ups that dont have a permission or discard such as eldrazi, burn, death and taxes, or maverick
The tournament is played in a Core (Constructed) format, and the rounds are best of three games
On the other hand, Dire Tactics is narrow in another waythe number of decks that can actually run itthanks to the painfulness of losing a big chunk of life if you don't have a Human
It is unlikely any card will ever do this job better or cheaper than Terminate
Simply giving a team of tokens evasion ends games, especially with cards like Intangible Virtue and Glorious Anthem to buff them