You only need other creatures to make it good, which is trivially easy for most Limited decks
You've got totally misunderstood antagonist Kefka from Final Fantasy VI adding a dash of spice to a town's water supply on Poison the Waters
Thats great news for the European market, even if it doesnt help those of us over in the US
It doesn't copy whether that token is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or any Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on
Modern simply wasnt ready to deal with a creature that big, that quickly, and that resilient to common removal spells
There was absolutely nothing to indicate that phasing, of all things, would ever again be considered a relevant or desirable part of the game