Nath of the Gilt-L e af Nath of the Gilt-Leaf is yet another commander that rewards terrorizing your opponents hands with a fleet of tokens, except Elf Warrior tokens hold far more potential than birds or bats thanks to elves deep support pool
If that spell or ability later returns the card to the battlefield (as Static Prison might, for example), the permanent card will return to the battlefield as a new object with no relation to its previous existence
Valon, in his perspective, saw Joey as the big obstacle in Mai's life, and vowed to take him down in her honor, while Joey wants to take down Valon, believing that Doma is to blame for turning Mai against him
It not only has an extremely unique casting cost, that only three other cards have ever had, it's a nod to the infamous Phyrexian Negator, which was a top tier win condition in its day
Same mana cost, triggers precombat, swaps two life for a card, one for a Token or three for a 3/2 and you can do a few here and there or all three