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
As a result, a 4/4 with deathtouch will kill four 5/5s if they all block it
I approach this as a collector first and foremost
Either way, pack a Grand Abolisher to prevent interaction when you want to go off, and consider the plentiful tutors in GW that can help you access your toolbox and your win conditions
Conformer Shuriken is an ideal way to swing past arbitrarily large tokens owned by green players, and the fact it also grows your own board is fantastic
Henzie makes ramp cards like Rampant Rejuvenator feel decidedly playable, and helps you get a Balefire Dragon in cheaper and with the element of surprise