[Ewierl]

I find them a niche summon; rarely useful, but not never.

When on the offensive with some nations, it's quite possible to end up with mages but not priests. Telestic Animation converts from mage to priest, so you can slap a temple into that newly-conquered fortress that already has a lab. With that temple, you can then start recruiting actual priests if you need them.

Oh, it indeed requires a nation with no bless strategy, no priest-mages, and no priests worth recruiting into your armies normally... like I said, rarely useful. But it happens.

Still possibly overpriced, though.