It's made redundant here due to the introduction of a reception gate and the shrinking of Victory Road, to accommodate the fact that the League has to be accessible to two regions now
For example, if you control Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator and Bard, King of Dale and you create a Food token, you'll create two Food tokens and two Treasure tokens (regardless of the order you chose to apply the replacement effects)
The sacrifice mode prevents your opponents from playing efficiently (which becomes more useful the higher the power level of your pod is), and lets you recur this card with the likes of Sun Titan
So, you can be sure this card is extra special
However, it appears this expansion will only include cards that have previously been meta-defining or popular
3: Fear of Lost Teeth All of the Fears are depicted incredibly, with their monstrous creeping forms being a creative way to visually capture the feeling of having these fears yourself