You must pay the costs for the spell you wish to cast with Chandra's second ability
The Maui ink cost was high, but if I waited another turn or two, I would have a legitimate tank in play that would be hard to take down even with repeated attacks by the combination of attack power of the other opponent characters on the table
The times it has shone, it was a game changer, especially in Esper decks with Raffine, Scheming Seer
Sheoldred, Whispering One The original Sheoldred, Whispering One only needs a turn to reanimate a body and be effective, and it edicts you opponents' boards while you wait out that turn cycle
Force of Negation as a three-of in the sideboard is for similar reasons, as I want to be ready to have at least a semblance of chance against decks like the Neoform deck, given that well have to deal with it for some time until it naturally bans itself out of the format
Giant Fan is one the best success stories in Un- history