Sideboards that probably should have had this card due to its ability to dominate a board decided to take a pass
While the cost of dual lands make it hard to do on a budget, both blue-white and blue-black mill could go a long way to solving the deck's aggro issue by adding sweepers, hard removal, and / or lifegain to the sideboard
(2023-10-13) If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs
Incubator tokens are predefined, like food or treasure, meaning that they have an ability baked into them in this case, all incubator tokens have the ability 2: Transform this artifact. The flip side of Incubator tokens are 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creatures, so this mechanic is effectively a way to give you token creatures of varying sizes for an extra 2 mana that you can pay later
One thing this set has in common with Tales of Middle Earth is an eye for creative card effects that bring home the theme While there are lots of great thematic cards to enjoy, because this set is part of the standard format, you have to consider how the various effects will integrate with other releases for the game
