Using that mana to activate Grinning Ignus ability will give you back enough mana to recast Grinning Ignus and put you back at the start of the loop
Being unable to block makes it a card you only really want in aggressive creature decks but his light coloured mana requirements, artifact/discard synergies, and other many perks make him pretty common to see
You warp Anticausal Vestige for 4 mana, then at the end of the turn you draw a card and get to play a different 4-drop for free
You won't be using Scheming Symmetry to trick an opponent into putting a juicy card on top of their library and you certainly won't be cheating Sheoldred, Whispering One, Sepulchral Primordial or Void Winnower into play with Gyruda
Other authors mention weights above 1.92, which will have to be checked in other ways [7]
Some work in Modern, others in Commander, and one even functions within a non-upgraded Commander precon