I'd have to go with patch on this one, as is I would never use the unupped. I may recieve a burst of quanta for 1 turn, but likely I would use that quanta and this card would be destroyed(I asume) in the end I would gain very little. At least with patch's idea the unupped provides the intended burst(though still with a drawback) while the upped maintains the net production of a normal pillar.