Not only do you get the additional value from performing the flicker on cards like Inspiring Overseer or Seller of Songbirds, but you get some extra life out of the deal as well
In Closing For some of us, being hyper-competitive and trying to figure out how to tune decks to the extreme, eking out every potential bit of value, is where we get our kicks
That said, Steve Wolfman top 8ed that Pro Tour with the most unusual list among them, a Bant Ramp deck that bore a lot of resemblance to Gifts Ungiven decks, but instead of playing Gifts Ungiven, he just played Umezawas Jitte instead: Creatures (18) 4 Sakura-Tribe Elder 1 Patron of the Kitsune 1 Hokori, Dust Drinker 2 Meloku the Clouded Mirror 4 Yosei, the Morning Star 3 Orochi Sustainer 1 Myojin of Cleansing Fire 2 Kodama of the North Tree Lands (22) Spells (20) In many ways, his list really played out like a post-sideboard version of Gifts, making little decisions to try to maximize that part of the experience, rather than much around with any of the Cranial Extraction or Hana Kami stuff
If Chain Lightning already deserves four spots in a burn deck, Lava Spike deserves the same attention
The obvious main strategy for a Thraximundar deck is sacrifice