Its a pretty good token producer if it survives combat
Creature types like elves, kithkin, faeries, boggarts, merfolk, treefolk, and elementals all appear with abilities and effects that incentivize focusing specifically on creature types in your deckbuilding
For example, if you put Spellbook (an artifact that says you have no maximum hand size) onto the battlefield and then put The Ten Rings onto the battlefield, your maximum hand size will be ten
Chiss-Goria, Forge Tyrant Chiss-Goria, Forge Tyrant may look prohibitively expensive, but it really isnt too hard to get out in an artifact EDH deck
Construct a Cosmic Cube Construct a Cosmic Cube is a good plan that rewards you with menacing villain tokens in the meantime
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