Inga and Esika Inga and Esika ask you to play creatures, and youre happy to oblige
Usually, the equip cost demands generic mana, but a few creative cards have unique equip costs, such as Piston Sledge demanding an artifact be sacrificed, or perhaps by paying life
Job select (When this Equipment enters, create a 1/1 colorless Hero creature token, then attach this to it.) Equipped creature gets +2/+2, has reach, and is a Bard in addition to its other types
In fact, once we get to the late game and have a couple of huge creatures on the battlefield, the "must attack" clause actually becomes an upside, as our opponent is forced to smash one of their creatures into our huge blocker
Once Ashling leaves the battlefield, you have until the end of the current step or phase to spend whatever red mana you have before you lose that mana as normal