If you jump through too many hoops and spend too much time and mana putting a creature that gets answered onto the battlefield, then its pretty obvious that you would have been better off just casting spells that impact the battlefield from your hand
In essence, playing with an unsleeved deck is the most real Magic experience possible
Such two-for-ones include everything from format-defining sorceries like Hymn to Tourach to sideboard standouts like Lifebane Zombie (to cards that don't blow up the opponent's hand at all)
A 2/1 and a 1/1 flier is already a great deal for 2 mana, but those tokens are artifacts, which opens up many more synergistic paths, and you often get more than just that first thopter from Loyal Apprentice
Magic was not a cheap hobby for a kid, but it is definitely a very rich one
Some day there will be a 5-color donate commander, and Karona, False God will slip into its rightful place in the 99