Once it inevitably does get reprinted, it should fall back down to a dollar or two, assuming it hasn't caught on as a staple in a competitive Modern deck by then, which is unlikely but not impossible
Mega Clefable ex 31/88 Loading
Fire Mane costs a whopping four Energy and does 90 damage
Anyway, back on topic, all Ramp decks since the beginning have looked to build their mana to ridiculous levels as quickly as possible and then use that advantage to drop more powerful win conditions earlier than their opponent and ride that to victory
Many of them may not work, but when you stumble across an idea that turns out to be super powerful, youll have the satisfaction of having created something new and original
That means itll most often be trading with something, even if the opponent can profitably block at all