Its very easy to hit something with Bear Down, and in the case of this card even hitting a token of some kind is acceptable, because you dont use up an entire card to do it, since later in the game you get an efficient creature that is hard to block
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increases the attack of all Valkyrie monsters you control by 200 for each of your opponents banished card as well as being able to send a Valkyrie spell/trap from the deck to the graveyard if you control another Valkyrie monster
You remove a creature at instant speed, but you give your opponent two more creatures in return
And it just cost you five initial mana
If a creature you control has a mana ability with in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell with convoke will result in the creature being tapped before you pay the spell's costs