There are three primary ways to win with tokens: You attack with enough creature tokens that your opponent cant possibly hope to block them all, You pair your token generation with Mirkwood Bats, Impact Tremors, Zulaport Cutthroat, and similar effects that drain your opponents life total as your tokens enter and leave the battlefield, or You have sacrifice outlets that let you cash in tokens to kill blockers and/or drain your opponents life, like Goblin Bombardment
As weak as Masques block was compared to most others (especially coming off the heels of Urza block and its combos), cards like Reverent Silence and Calming Verse show its worth looking at every card, even in poorly perceived sets, as there can still be some real gems among the chaff
You want Azusa on your side of the field if youre playing any big planeswalkers, creatures or anything else
Today, some of those same cards remain the most valuable, but their price increased by multiple orders of magnitude
You only need your commander and another legendary creature to meet the bottom line
Derevi, Empyrial Tactician (BLC) $13.85 Probably the best Bant card, Derevi, Empyrial Tactician was printed in one of the earliest Commander precons and has been popular ever since