Playing a creature will usually put you in a poor spot against removal, whereas removing the threat puts the onus on your opponent to present another one
And Maha, Its Feathers Night, with its Star Trek vibes, is also super cool, tempting you to Dry Spell everything to death
Koh, the Face-Stealer is a big 2-for-1 with a bizarre activated ability
Look at the top seven cards and choose two of them to keep
First up, flexibility in the mana base is fantastic in EDH and Magic in general
Going from ten 1/1 tokens to 20 1/1 tokens is quite strong, but remember that this doubles the number of all tokens regardless of what those tokens are (something that Crush of Wurms fans might enjoy)