Many one mana spells will make at least one of those tokens, allowing you to make the rest
Encroaching Wastes This is probably slightly worse than Tectonic Edge, though sometimes itll give you the kind of blowout that Tec Edge only wishes it could deliver
The power creep was real and shortly after it in 2011, Mirrodin Besieged gave us its counterpart: Go for the Throat
However, Heroic Intervention is still a strong choice for decks looking to protect their key permanents from removal or board wipes, and it should definitely see play in those strategies
Once Yawgmoth, Thran Physician is played, if there are some Undying creatures in play, you can draw as many cards as your life total allows you to
In mono-green stompy decks for instance, it shouldn't be hard to activate The Aetherspark's -10 ability pretty swiftly, at which point you can convert all that mana into a spectacular finish