You have to wait a turn and connect with a card that a lot of removal will take down before you get life back
Transmute Cards are restricted in what they can fetch, but also serve as spot removal/counterspells/anti-token hate in a pinch
You can use cards like these to maximize these tokens sticking around: Cadric, Soul Kindler Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker Feldon of the Third Path 4 Neriv, Heart Of The Storm Dont Be Hasty A cheaper Dragon with a powerful effect, Neriv, Heart of the Storm is a Mardu commander that has a strong haste-themed effect
Becomes the Target Cards A lot of cards in this space, like Orvar, the All-Form, have a casting trigger, so thats a no go with replicate
This is another grindy value card that's going to be at home in Brackets 2 or 3, and is open-ended enough that each player's Hojo deck is going to be a highly personalized masterpiece
Repeatable blink effects are where the deck becomes a deck