I can definitely use the 1/1 tokens and I certainly don't mind paying life for mana when I can offset it with life gain from cards like Soul Warden
It is that lottery feeling, that potential gain of fresh new power
You run some flicker which is one of whites best forms of card advantage and you end up with a board of Ally tokens
It has a great balance between complexity, power, and fun factor
This card is one of the few ways to draw cards in Green that does not require a massive board state that is required for cards like Shamanic Revelation
III Create Smaug, a legendary 6/6 red Dragon creature token with flying, haste, and "When Smaug dies, create fourteen Treasure tokens." Enchantment - Saga Urabrask First strike Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Urabrask deals 1 damage to target opponent