In fact, some of those even show up in the MTG crossover on cards like Yiazmat, Ultimate Mark ( Final Fantasy XII ), Omega, the Heartless ( Final Fantasy XIV ), and Absolute Virtue ( Final Fantasy XI )
Being both a creature and a land is tricky business, as they cannot attack the same turn the tokens enter the battlefield either because of summoning sickness
Four mana for a 2/4 reach Deathtouch is already pretty decent, but then it also has a way to fix your mana on top
I am not really thinking that's going to change
Piru, the Volatile With Piru, the Volatile around, you can opt to pay the mana and keep a 7/7 flying and lifelink dragon around, or let it die to deal 7 damage to each nonlegendary creature
So it is well positioned in the current meta and that is evident by it's top win rate