Most decks want a cheap way to interact with the graveyard these days, and Lantern is accessible to decks of any color
One of the most popular kinds of card design are spells with variable costs, because having options is powerful and fun
Stax vs Prison vs Hatebears vs Control These labels overlap, and people use them loosely, but heres a useful way to separate them: Stax: resource denial as a core game plan
Even more important you shouldnt build your deck around countering your bad matches as this could lead you to taking out key cards that help you against your good matches
If you cast a spell with the alternative collect evidence cost offered by Conspiracy Unraveler and you also collect evidence as an additional cost to cast that spell, abilities of permanents that trigger "whenever you collect evidence" will trigger twice
In contrast, the replica is an obvious fake because it features a flashy glitter holo pattern that never existed on the real English card