In fact, I think with Force of Negation I hard-cast it about a third of the time, compared to Force of Will, which I hard-cast probably less than 10% of the time
Another example of this is Skred Red, which has an average CMC of 2.56almost exactly the same as Jeskai Controlbut is only playing 23 lands
Alela is a four mana White, Blue, and Black 2/3 with flying, deathtouch, and lifelink
Of course, nothing screams ULTIMATE VALUE like casting Flood of Tears and immediately dropping down Omniscience
The set designers wanted to give a whimsical, ephemeral identity to the planes elemental creatures, since they were going to receive typal support and needed something to tie their cards together across all five colors