If you never got to see Birthing Pod in action, it was mostly used to try to assemble combos like Archangel of Thune with Spike Feeder, while also getting to play a value-y toolbox game plan
The former is a first strike deathtouch Human Frog Horror teamup that will force my opponents' creatures and nonbasic lands to come in tapped
The rules information for Pithing Needle explicitly notes that you cant name a token unless it shares the name with an actual card
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(Plus, you probably have ways to pump your Goblin in those cards you drew, right?) Oh, hello again, Whitemane Lion
Overall, axes are an impractical weapon, but when it comes to the Throw command, thrown axes will ignore their random damage component and be treated like other weapons for damage calculation, so with their inflated weapon power they will always deal massive damage when thrown and will be the ideal throwing weapon to stock up on