Token generators like Leonin Warleader and Grand Crescendo work with both elements of Trostani
The card does work well with itself, as sometimes a death toucher will buy you the time you need to get to the point where you have Descend 4 The stat-line is bad, but this replaces itself with two bodies which are really valuable in this format, even if they cant block
It fits so well with you as Squidward, watching your opponents drop a ton of creatures, just waiting for the prime time to ruin their fun
(I know, ramping is not the best thing to do when you already have a lot of mana, but its better than nothing, and it also lowers your chances of drawing more lands.) Besides, these are artifacts, and there are plenty of ways to leverage them in other ways in the set
Naturally, competitive players want to have the strongest Pokmon TCG decks possible, and outside monitoring is necessary to keep things running smoothly