A 2/2 flyer is negligible in the grand scheme of things, and holding up a single mana for interaction is incredibly easy to do
Another important factor involves Pokmon card thickness
( can be paid with either or .) Legendary Creature - Unicorn Blink (CTRL to add secondary) Counters Counters (CTRL to add secondary) Creature Seraphic Steed First strike, lifelink Whenever this creature attacks while saddled, create a 3/3 white Angel creature token with flying
If you only ever adapt this once, its still two mana to reanimate an opponents creature, stapled to a hatebear
Thats because, alongside its buffing ability, Pack Leader also prevents all combat damage to dogs you control when it attacks
Just like any other transforming cards, the mana value is whatever the card's front face is