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I see no point in paying one more mana for the main effect

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You can also sacrifice for mana to Ashnod's Altar, for damage to Goblin Bombardment and then make a mana on arrival with Mana Echoes or Carnival of Souls

It's also a great counterspell if you have a tight budget: copies are fairly cheap

There are so many combat trick cards like Alchemist's Gift that can be lethal for a turn

For Standard, I imagine Jeskai Ascendancy could easily be the centerpiece of a token-convoke deck that deploys Ascendancy, makes a bunch of tokens on turn 4 and wins with those and Ascendancy triggers on turn 5