Go to that combat phase and you either get the red Overrun for a great reason to attack with everything, a new hand of options, or you can pick off one of the more annoying blockers or send a Lava Axe to the face and completely change combat math
Here are all the banned cards from Historic: Agent of Treachery Blood Moon Brainstorm Channel Commandeer Counterspell Dark Ritual Demonic Tutor Force of Vigor Field of the Dead Intruder Alarm Land Tax Lightning Bolt Mana Drain Memory Lapse Natural Order Necropotence Nexus of Fate Oko, Thief of Crowns Once Upon a Time Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer Reanimate Show and Tell Sneak Attack Spreading Seas Swords to Plowshares Thassa's Oracle Tibalt's Trickery Time Warp Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath Veil of Summer Wilderness Reclamation The Historic card pool is also used for a version of Brawl
: Add four mana of the chosen color
It doesn't matter cause it's gone now, and you also gain 3 life for your troubles
Cards with Escalate have multiple modal effects, one of these effects is activated when the card is played, and additional effects can be activated by paying an increased cost