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Arbitrarity
"Grand cost"?
Not so much with low enhancement wands. Remember, a +2 wand costs 1/25 what a +4 wand does (etc), and still grants Sleep at-will with 60 charges. That's all of 30 gp per casting.
Oooh, and since it's under leveled, the DC 16 is trivial. Lack of normal implement function makes this hurt even less.
That's the real problem here, below normal level daily spam, and huge variety in low level powers (This isn't an option normally, because Proficiency is too important). Flames of Phlegethos is still better than any warlock at will by level 21, and guess what? It's also a mere 1800 for 30 charges of 3d8 (higher average than Hellish rebuke, say, or Eldritch blast, and at a very low cost, along with an Effect)
Actually, I'm not quite sure this is a problem, but I have a hunch that if you check it, it results in a significant power increase, even if we disregard Sleep.
Oh, also, swordmage reliable powers? What do those do?