Why is Ancient Joker good?

I've been very confused about Ancient Joker because the multiplier is applied before most of your other jokers.

The way it works, the multiplier is applied once it comes across the given suit. However, strong flat multipliers like Ceremonial Dagger are applied after all of the cards are counted, meaning no matter where you order your jokers, the Ancient Joker is going to apply before it.

For example on my current run, I'm doing a three-of-a-kind half joker deck, but I picked up an Ancient Joker. Ancient Joker is giving me 1.5 multiplier while half joker is giving me +20, giving me a total of 24.5x on my three-of-a-kind. This is barely anything for a "rare" joker.