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It adds first strike, plus the potential to free-cast more expensive cards if you can stockpile extra energy before playing it

He does get an extra life out of the deal this way (since he gets an extra Ooze activation), but you need to have a lot of confidence that your opponent is going to get every little thing right to make such a risky play when the reward is a mere one life

I mention this because this was on their list of underrated cube cards

If you have a card that grants all your creature spells convoke, you can use the mechanic to pay for the impending cost or for the face-down cost for mechanics like morph or disguise