As the life loss mounts for yourself, it gets better, which makes it a perfect body for a Suicide Black style deck
But if there is one consistent thing that WoTC manages to do, it is that you can be generally sure that the card designs will always attempt to be as faithful to the material as they can realistically be, mechanically and art-wise
If there's any plane in the Multiverse that should make its sentient life feel insignificant against nature's sublimity, it's Zendikar, and this art sells that perfectly
Create twice X 1/1 black and green Pest creature tokens with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life." Sorcery Color tag templates(None) Planar Collapse At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are four or more creatures on the battlefield, sacrifice this enchantment and destroy all creatures
Its a clean, easy-to-understand combat ability with some interesting design space left to explore