With lands like Fabled Passage or Evolving Wilds, you are activating four landfall triggers in one turn
At the start of that combat, Helm of the Host triggers again and makes another Godo, which gives us another combat step, and on and on and on until you can swamp the board and win with infinite Godos
The History of Affinity in MTG Affinity was created in the first Mirrodin block in 2003, which was themed around artifacts
Its basically the in-store equivalent to Heart of the Cards, where you get a fraction of the value of your card but its faster and easier than shipping them out
Vanishing adds some strategic depth to the card, though it's definitely a real hindrance if you can't proliferate the time counters
The card has also received a significant boost from the recent Team Rocket renaissance in the modern TCG, with the Destined Rivals and Glory of Team Rocket sets renewing mainstream interest in the original Team Rocket-themed cards from the Wizards era