Design is not about simply enhancing what already exists
The decks that play this colorless card are equipped to exploit it, and that turns this into a powerful win condition
Blue Mana Ramp for Instants and Sorceries (Curious Homunculus, Karfell Harbinger, Unblinking Observer, Volshe Tideturner) Given how intertwined blues color identity is with instants and sorceries, Im really glad to see Wizards of the Coast dipping their toes into conditional mana dorks that can only use their mana for these types of spells
Masticores (four mana ones) Time has also been unkind to these classic bombs
Popularity is not power, but its a great proxy for people keep building this because it plays well. So I also leaned on Commander deck data as a sanity check
Gavin Verhey, Olivia Gobert-Hicks, and Sam of Rhystic Studies face off this month watch a recording of the episode below, and then check out their decklists