You can then pay 2 and sacrifice it to wipe the board of everything at that cost
Archenemy scenarios happen in near every Commander game, as one player gets too far ahead and the table unites against them briefly to bring them back down to Earth
When Mental Misstep was legal in Legacy, it had many jobs, not the least of which was countering Lightning Bolts and Swords to Plowshares
10 Quarum Trench Gnomes Sabotages Plains In A Big Way First Printing: Legends A variety of older cards, including those in the Reserved List, are determined to target their enemy colors in all kinds of ways, and modern MTG cards don't do that nearly as much
This applies to all tokens on the battlefield when the ability resolved, as well as all tokens you create for the rest of the game
Its been a small but significant part of Magics lore since the very first set and will continue to be for a long time yet