Its one of those sleeper pulls that people didnt expect to become valuable but now wish they hadnt traded away
For this reason, starting with September 2023, I list all significant edits affecting card rarity below: 2023/09/09: Black & White, Emerging Powers, Noble Victories: Fixed error in rarity table (10x10 card sheet used for full arts, not 10x11)
SA is just a variant of SR
Red has plenty of solid ways to grow this card and begin slinging Lightning Bolts or higher the next turn, especially when paired with white
Powerbalance is best in Topdeck lists, where you can manipulate you chances of getting free spells, or in cEDH, where you and most of your opponents are running spells of similar, cheap mana values
Then theres the fact this card could genuinely be competitively viable