Similar to the Mox artifacts, Black Lotus costs zero mana, so you can play it on your first turn along side a land, but adds three mana of any one color when you sacrifice it
On the back of a fake card, the border will look faded
If heads, the defending Pokmon can't attack during your opponent's next turn
This creature enters the battlefield with that many +1/+1 counters on it.) Each other creature you control enters the battlefield with an additional X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on Bloodspore Thrinax
Its an annoying compromise to have to make, but if youre in a position where the best cards simply cost too much, and thats definitely the case a lot of the time in MTG, then picking the boring but affordable choice is going to do you a lot of good