Even if the original copy is gotten rid of, the token copies will keep themselves safe (provided they're not legendary) as long as the time you would have exiled them has already passed
Captain Hook, Forceful Duelist is one of the cheapest cards on this list, costing just a single ink to play
Tom Marks (July 23, 2024)
Fortunately this deck is stacked with rares and mythics, so youre not lacking on power, but whereas before you would often opt to grind people out with Hangarback Walker, Archangel Avacyn, and Evolutionary Leap, now you are trying to go wide and press your advantage with Verdurous Gearhulk
Ephara generates card advantage by having creatures enter the battlefield, which means most of your creature base are creatures with ETB effects and ways to flicker them
While discarding cards might not sound good, there are decks where youll want to be doing that anyway, and it never hurts to chuck away the extra land youre drawing or a creature thats no longer good enough