It makes it a decent cantrip by fixing the hand in the starting turns of the game, and later can be an enabler for combos in an Archlight Phoenix Jeskai deck or in an Esper Reanimator list
Rare foils that are used in Constructed, especially in full playsets, are often priced around 50% to 100% the price of the card without foiling
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Blue rarely gets this kind of hard protection that keeps the creature on the battlefield (unlike Phasing)
Im hesitant to put a card like this as a full four-of in my sideboard its narrow, and the opportunity cost of adding another card in the sideboard is too high but it can be a real headache for your opponents