The real appeal of The Cabbage Merchant is how easily those Food tokens can turn into a viable resource engine that'll allow you to ramp, draw cards, and lead you to all your combo lines simultaneously: Academy Manufactor turns each Food into a Food, Clue, and Treasure
There is a token sub-theme since you create so many Clue tokens that allow you to gain extra advantage from them
Satoru Umezawa Turning every creature in our hand into a Ninja is good times already (well, it doesnt change its creature type, just gives it the ninjutsu ability)
This is one of the cards that truly evokes the feel of a Judge foil to me because when I look at it I am reminded of the crucial role that judges play in balancing our game
You can use a service like PucaTrade to turn the cards you have into cards you want from the comfort of your own home, or turn to eBay to try to sell individual cards for a little more than buylist pricing
Both Scion and Kavu match up perfectly against a lot of damage-based removal like Lightning Bolt