Degreeing a cam should be considered mandatory and it is not just for piece of mind. It is so you can put the cam where it is supposed to be. If that’s how your engines go together you might as well not check any bearing clearences either.
If you don't degree your cam your guaranteed to not know exactly what you have and if it's correct for what you want or even what you bought matching your cam card specs or if it's installed on the line you want.
It's def always a good idea.
