This is mostly because this cards effect can only be used during your end step, so its not as flexible as it could be
Card Name Mana Cost Type Artifact Creature Food Golem Rarity Common rules Text Haste (This creature can attack and as soon as it comes under your control.) : This creature can't be blocked this turn except by creatures with haste., , Sacrifice this creature: You gain 3 life
I'll be running Sai as part of the 99 of pretty much any Blue Artifact deck
There have been many successful decks in competitive play: One example is the White-Black Vampire deck popular in Standard play a few years ago
Poor Slobad was compleated, becoming Slobad, Iron Goblin , who can sacrifice artifacts to make mana, to create more artifacts
If you can attach this red aura to a chump creature, then heck yes an additional combat is worth the cost