Instead of slowly building long-term advantages, red usually wins by pushing damage early and using one strong turn for a decisive swing
The token isn't bad to have either, and there's always a threat someone will be happy to see tapped down for a turn
Before we get into the juicy details, however, there are some important caveats to go over
Instead, I prefer to run the hybrid BLB Common Seedpod Squire
Morophon is a seven mana colorless Shapeshifter that lets you choose a Creature type when it enters, and then makes all of your spells of that type cost WUBRG less to cast, this only reduces the colored mana you pay, and it even gives those Creatures a +1/+1 boost
While some are broken, others create interesting play patterns and force you to make interesting choices while deck building