It costs the extra mana, a colored pip no less, but getting to cast a spell with mana value two or less for free makes it well worth the increased cost
However, when they add Flash to the mix, the card gets significantly more interesting because it means there will be a wider variety of situations where you can make that part of the card work
In all, the Alpha version of The Hive features 61 words in its rules text
Plus, if your Commander dies, it hops back outside of the game, where you can just buy it again although at an extra 2 mana for every time its had to vamoose in this way
Such a card is handy during battles and can drastically change the course of the game
We can see this in previews of cards like Garland/Chaos from the first Final Fantasy game, Cecil from Final Fantasy 4, and Sin from Final Fantasy X