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Because while, yes, black decks are generally very good at making this sort of payment and, yes, creature tokens are not at all difficult to come by, the additional cost here is not optional

Escalate is an ability found on some modal cards that allows you to pay an additional cost to choose additional modes

I don't like the fact that Charizard has a high retreat cost since you could have to discard all four energy cards when you use Scorching Whirlwind and then you would have to make Charizard feint the next turn because you wouldn't have the sufficient amount of energy cards to retreat Charizard

You can obtain the Litten (1-Diamond rarity) card by opening Celestial Guardians: Lunala from Celestial Guardians set