Both of those are positive abilities to help grow her loyalty to your cause, so you don't need to run back and forth between a plus ability you don't want and a minus one you do
For instance, Rhonas the Indomitable only costs 1 green mana with the reduction, and has fantastic stats and abilities with a negligible drawback
His abilities are all about Cats, pumping up your Cats with +1/+1 counters, making Cat tokens and dealing damage based on the number of Cats you control
So if youre an invested Commander player, you should be able to try them out with minimum extra fuss
In EDH, think Senseis Divining Top, Scroll Rack, and the many cards that let you scry as part of spell resolution
But if youre doing D&D, Karlach, Fury of Avernus, the ancient metallic dragons, and the upgrade from venture into the dungeon to the initiative all make Battle for Baldurs Gate stand a full head higher