The ethos is admirable, considering its aimed, again, at ensuring the draft experience is optimal
Blues mana ramp, while limited, tends to favor mana acceleration (a one-time increase in mana) or is earmarked for use with artifacts, or in more recent years, instants and sorceries
Three cards for four mana is a fairly good deal, no matter the power level
Since it's a mana cheap instant, you can do this in response to targeted or sweeping removal to get cards, as a sacrifice or it can send something to your graveyard about to get exiled by Swords to Plowshares, or to get value out of a chump blocker about to die anyway
The service of handing out cards like Bagel and Schmear, Eriette's Tempting Apple, and Golden Egg should bring a smile to any players face