It is unfair to hold a card up to such high standards, in its own right Electrolyse is a powerful spell you can play in most decks fairly comfortably
This is also the case in the strange ending of Ghost Eraser 4, where you convince the Majin to join you, and you both rule the world as benign (more or less) dictators
Decks that already had a lot of mana sources were looking for something to put them over the top and Rith, the Awakener was the man for that job
Transform into control-killemall deck options like Drop of Honey, The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale and Terror
Most importantly, its going to feel consistent, which is right where we want to be when playing mono white
The generation that grew up with Pokemon cards in France during 1999-2003 has a deep emotional attachment to the French versions