Then, utilize those cards you discarded with creatures like Dreadwing Scavenger or Soul-Shackled Zombie
What is interesting is that glorious art, courtesy of Zina Saunders
Yes, I keep mentioning the Thumb because it's that important
In return, you are able to create a Hero Token which acts as a creature with 1 Power and 1 Life, but you are able to put as many counters on it for each life you paid which increases both by 1 per counter
As Jay Annelli writes in the new book Planes of the Multiverse: A Visual History, Innistrad is home to all manner of monsters and fiends [where] Werewolves rage in the night, hunting beasts and humans with equal vigor. Standing against them (and the vampires, and the zombies, and the other hungry fiends) are the planes equally powerful human warriors