You can easily offset its drawbacks and if nothing else, I would always play this over Progenitus
More modern designs like Garth One-Eyed and O-Kagachi might be considered to fall in this category, but those legends have a little leeway to focus into other areas depending on how the deck is built and what definition you might consider for value
There are some solid reprints here, and plenty of staples like Propaganda and a full set of Talismans, but its pretty scarce on value reprints overall
Similarly, if you sacrifice a creature to activate a mana ability while casting a spell with convoke, that creature won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for convoke
This guide features three upgrade paths for this starter deck
This is potentially one of the best mana ramp spells printed in recent years