Its a little better in some ways because it gives protection from each color, and the overload isnt the worst, but its a little worse in that Brave the Elements is a lot cheaper
Stoke Genius is excellent if the player has an iffy hand or if they have one or zero cards in hand, and best of all, it may put instants/sorceries/Adventure cards into the graveyard early if desired
It was an absolute menace in reanimator decks across formats, its dredge ability letting you fill your graveyard quickly and then hitting the field with a huge hard-to-remove body in just a few turns
Either way, youre still denying valuable resources to other players
Now, let's talk about the card requirements for each ability
While it takes some work to set up, its a repeatable source of reanimation that only costs three mana