Each creature in this deck gets some major value with Hardened Scales on the battlefield, and it also turns Dromokas Command into a powerful removal spell that is able to destroy a reasonable-sized creature even though our creatures may be a bit smaller
If you control a Demon or Devil, you gain 2 life
And if Ramses is on the battlefield, other players will notice when a certain player risks being eliminated and take your creature out
This means Archaeomancers Map, Brasss Tunnel Grinder, and if nothing else, flickering a mana rock or land to leave you with more mana going into the opponents turn
The basic version of the card is essentially worthless: it's just not a very good card in competitive magic
A lot of the mana acceleration in black and red comes in ritual form, so some of the best cards that go into red ramp decks, like Pyretic Ritual or Irencrag Feat, dont make this list