Meanwhile, you have a built-in engine to invest extra mana from your Swamp-tapping ways with extort, and its a clock as well
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a flashback cost), add any cost increases (such as kicker costs), then apply any cost reductions (such as that of this ability)
If you have extra mana, why not get two copies instead of one
A powerful card that works in the deck but not for the deck if that makes sense
Dragon Cost Reducers When it comes to getting your dragons onto the battlefield faster, cards like Nogi, Draco-Zealot, Dragonlord's Servant, and Dragonspeaker Shaman do a ton of work