Sure, you can represent a 1/1 Soldier with a die, a coin, or a Hot Cheeto if it's a Red Soldier, but actual tokens just make the game cleaner
Buy it, use it, break it, fix it, trash it, change it, mail, upgrade it Charge it, point it, zoom it, press it, snap it, work it, quick erase it Attach to target creature you control or maybe unattach it Lizard Blades, Rabbit Battery, Double Strike, and Haste Equip it Reconfigure Reconfigure Reconfigure Reconfigure Idk, Daft Punk, probably While we might share a universal dislike of the way Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty handled the cyber DJ bard of the set, we can all agree that Lizard Blades and Rabbit Battery are just the right levels of cyberpunk to hit just right
Or that Game Day (RIP) for pretty much every winter release fell on the weekend of Valentines Day
and Smash fits that bill nicely, mostly because they deal damage to other cards for a relatively low cost
In a world where mana curves are constantly being evaluated and slimmed down, Land Tax is shining more brightly than ever