This makes all of your Rats much better in combat, forcing your opponents to trade their creatures if they want to block a Rat, which will then give you more Rat tokens as another creature dies.
This means you could have it come in as a fetch land, or a land that can turn into a creature, or countless other amazing land cards that Magic: The Gathering has released over its many years
If youre the monarch, instead you may put a creature or land card from your hand onto the battlefield
Well, the good news is that Akiri, Line-Slinger is strong at what she does: holding Equipment and killing people
My personal favorite battle, Invasion of Ikoria, offers a flexible ability on the front that scales at different points of the game, and then sets up an outright win on the back with a giant creature that features a unique ability of its own to push through massive damage against your opponent