Probably the most common cost for an activated ability is to pay some amount of mana, so most instances of paying mana are to activate an ability
Click the following to see the deck's punch-out counter cards.) Blight Curse Tokens and Punch-Out Counters 3x Zombie // Elf Warrior tokens 2x Treasure // Scarecrow tokens 2x Snake // Scarecrow tokens 1x Saproling // Scarecrow token 1x Saproling // The Monarch (helper) token 1x Saproling // Poison (helper) token 1x Punch-out counter card 0003a_MTGECL_TknComm: Zombie Token // Elf Warrior Token 0010a_MTGECL_ToknBstr: Treasure Token // Scarecrow Token 0008a_MTGECL_TknComm: Snake Token // Scarecrow Token 0007a_MTGECL_TknComm: Saproling Token // Scarecrow Token 0007a_MTGECL_TknComm: Saproling Token // The Monarch (Helper) 0007a_MTGECL_TknComm: Saproling Token // Poison Counter (Helper) 0003a_MTGECL_PnchOutCntrs: Counters (Back) Embrace your Lorwyn and Shadowmoor sides in preparation for Lorwyn Eclipsed
Special Guests Special Guests cards return in Modern Horizons 3 , with 1 in 64 Play Boosters and roughly 1 in 15.5 Collector Boosters containing a Special Guests card
So, it can act as a backup if your commander is taken out too many times and you are having difficulty casting him
MTG Final Fantasy may have released a few months ago, but it appears that more new cards are on the way
Namely, that if your opponent has any way to interact in response you probably get wrecked whether its a removal spell or a combat trick on their creature and that means you get yourself 2-for-1d