Spy of the Ages

Hire 2 (You do not have to pay this creature's mana cost to play it. If you do, it enters the battlefield with 2 hire counters on it. At the begging on combat on your turn, remove a hire counter from it. If this creature has no hire counters on it, sacrifice it.)
{1}{r}: Deal 1 damage to target creature.
{4}: Put a hire counter on Spy of the Ages.