If the original token is copying something else, the token you create will use the copiable values of the original token
Sometimes it takes most of your resources on your worries-free turn to have progressed your Game Advancement sword to be ready to close the game, but without easy access to haste in mono-white, you have to lean on Game Control in one of a few ways: you can phase yourself out or you can strip your opponents of their ability to stop you
All around I think the deck holds enough value to more than make up for its cost
Kona, Rescue Beastie is incredibly straightforward
Early sets like Base Set included just over 100 cards
Equip Artifact - Equipment Energy GAINS (CTRL to add secondary) Energy Payoffs Aether Revolt Revolt As long as a permanent left the battlefield under your control this turn, if a source you control would deal noncombat damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, it deals that much damage plus 2 instead