You are allowed to activate mana abilities at almost any time, so long as youre being asked to pay mana for something even in the middle of resolving another spell or ability, or during your untap step, where you normally dont get priority
In the era of B/W Tokens, when LSV was shining in Standard with cards like Ajani Goldmane and G/W Tokens was rising up to meet B/W as one of the strongest decks in Standard (again with Ajani), I kept wanting to cut the planeswalker when in fact it was the best planeswalker in Standard for a fair stretch
Which, as it happens, is a bunch of starter decks and some dumb-ass AI to play against, with a meticulous series of tutorials to follow
Card may have some surface scuffs, edge/corner wear on the front, minor stains/spotting on the back, and/or edges with whitening or tiny indents/notches
Its also that Standard is a great way to get playtest throughput on new cards, even when your cube pods arent firing
Joraga Treespeaker 3.5 While not quite the mana boost and reliability of the Sol Ring once this guy gets going he is pretty abusive