A spell is modal if it has two or more options in a bulleted list and instructions for a player to choose a number of those options, such as "Choose one" or "Choose one or more." Each of those options is a mode
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Instead of giving your opponents the choice of which card to exile from their bin, Lantern of the Lost puts the power in your hands, exiling a card of your choice
Ancient Copper Dragon has to hit a player, but because its a hasty Warp creature, its likely you can hit one of your opponents with it and generate a massive pile of treasure
It makes sense then that so much media would incorporate these ideas from books, to movies, to games, and Magic: The Gathering is no exception