Whats better than discarding a creature card and paying mana for a copy of it as a 4/4 black Zombie creature token
Niv-Mizzet, Parun Niv-Mizzet, Parun often feels like a legendary Rhystic Study, except you can trigger it yourself
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood Oran-Rief, the Vastwood is a strong land for creature-heavy builds, especially if your deck is focused on tokens or +1/+1 counters
Your opponents can let the creatures go unblocked and not take the afflict damage, but either way theyll get hurt
Purphoros rewards you for flooding the board with tokens, damaging each of your opponents in a jiffy
While I can imagine situations where the ability is amazing and allows you to kill two opponents out of nowhere and win the game, this still requires getting in combat damage, not just with a single creature, but with your entire team