In standard, Molten Vortex could provide a hedge against flooding out in a mono-red/burn deck where generating value from lands four plus (which are generally dead cards) is pretty appealing, but even so Molten Vortex might not be better than playing another two-powered one-drop creature
Surging Sparks leans into this trend with SIR versions of Lisia, Jasmine, and Drayton that have all performed well on the secondary market, driven by a combination of character nostalgia, artistic quality, and the collector demand that has made Trainer supporter SIRs one of the hottest segments of the modern market
Seventeen lands is about the lowest you'll ever go in a "normal" deck, with 16 being the absolute floor
If I could have done it on my own, I would have gotten a slightly higher score
While Mary OKills ability is significantly stronger than Ninjitsu, the mechanic to switch places isnt itself out of place in MTG