If you lose the initiative, those tokens can help you take it back and ensure you can build an army of tokens along the way
The great part about this ability is that Tayam does not care what the counters are, so you can remove anything from +1/+1 counters, to -1/-1 counters, to age counters and everything in between
And Miles Morales/Ultimate Spider-Man gets a card that can protect itself, a reference to his cloaking power
They would continue to do so, well into the second era
If you've ever played against a Dauthi VoidwalkerDauthi Voidwalker, you know how powerful exiling your opponents' creatures can be
Having a huge supply of ink at your disposal is already a massive advantage to have against your opponents, and Gramma Tala, Spirit of the Ocean turns that functionality into a game winning strategy