You know Im a fan of You Did This to Yourself cards, and Hate Mirage fits the bill
This can be easily achieved by just paying more for Ballista, having an anthem or lord effect in play, or swinging with another lifelinker to generate an extra counter on Ballista before going off in your second main phase
Rakshasa trade in secrets, amassing wealth from their careful revelation
To begin with, theyre lands that, with proper deck construction, function as any color of mana in our deck, like Evolving Wilds, except that they usually function as any two colors in our deck, and they dont have to enter the battlefield tapped
Force is a much more reasonably-costed card these days, but this version is more than twice as expensive as the next closest one
However, it evolves into Gyarados, a powerful Water/Flying-type Pokmon, starting at level 20, which makes catching a Shiny Magikarp particularly exciting for players.