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You can't pay 2 life to pay for generic mana in costs you pay, even if an effect says that you must spend black mana to pay that generic mana

Skullclamp is an auto-include given most of your creatures will be in the 1-toughness range anyway

For example, if you control The Ozolith when Essence Channeler dies, you'll put the appropriate number of each kind of counter onto both The Ozolith and the target creature

Opt you cast at your leisure and at the low cost of one mana it should barely ever be detrimental or even noticeable on your curve which is much more so the case with the slightly more potent sorcery alternatives that get in the way of things more

But what about formats like Commander

Vertical cycles are similar cards that use rarity to differentiate themselves instead of colour