UPGRADING FORCES OF THE IMPERIUM While Esper might not be the first thing you think of when you think tokens, its not like it cant do them
The biggest problem with Storm (and the reason why cards that add two or more mana should remain banned in Modern, even though I'd love to play Rite of Flame in Free-Win Red) is that the mechanic itself ranks alongside Dredge as the biggest mistake mechanic in Magic 's history (in fact, it's such a mistake that Maro's "Storm Scale," which ranks how likely a mechanic is to return in a future set, is named after it)
Since its announcement, many people have questioned how Cleave is any different from Kicker, a mechanic that lets you pay to modify what a card does
They serve to give your side of the board tempo by allowing your creatures to attack (removing defenders), giving you more time to set up the board (removing attackers/expensive creatures), and allow for combat tricks (saving your creatures after damage is on the stack
This card can help with that