That makes all targeted removal useless the first time around, and while that doesnt dodge things like board wipes, it does make a big difference when youre trying to keep your Creatures alive
Incubator tokens are predefined, like food or treasure, meaning that they have an ability baked into them in this case, all incubator tokens have the ability 2: Transform this artifact. The flip side of Incubator tokens are 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creatures, so this mechanic is effectively a way to give you token creatures of varying sizes for an extra 2 mana that you can pay later
While the cost of dual lands make it hard to do on a budget, both blue-white and blue-black mill could go a long way to solving the deck's aggro issue by adding sweepers, hard removal, and / or lifegain to the sideboard
Hades is a more straightforward payoff that removes a character from play by putting it into their controllers inkwell, and then sticks around after to quest and challenge
One thing this set has in common with Tales of Middle Earth is an eye for creative card effects that bring home the theme While there are lots of great thematic cards to enjoy, because this set is part of the standard format, you have to consider how the various effects will integrate with other releases for the game
