What makes it somewhat preferable to Jitte and Sword is low risk
Of note, Fortunes Favor targets and Saurons Ransom chooses, so you can choose an opponent with hexproof with the newer version
The deck has tons of interesting tech, from Majestic Genesis playing 12 cards from the top of our library to Dragon Throne of Tarkir being a massive overrun to Ezuri's Predation wiping out smaller creatures and providing a discount to Ghalta to one-shotting people with a surprise Boon of Boseiju on Ghalta
Twilight Diviner was a candidate for the list above, but I ultimately find it more of a payoff because of the graveyard play it encourages
The flavour text is also a huge strike against the card, presenting the Romani people as some kind of mystical and mysterious people, othering them in the text
Benevolent Hydra works amazingly with Animar since the discount counts towards X-spell creatures