So why are those alternatives not so great,
(note that jailer is more or less only for hogaak)
Remorseful Cleric and Ravenous Trap only hit once which isn't good enough for a deck that can't close out games quickly.
Ashiok hits a few times but is at sorcery speed and not being able to search isnt very relevant against hogaak.
Leyline is only good in your opening hand as it is otherwise too slow.
Jailer is able to blank pretty much everything in hogaak from bridge to bloodghasts and the big 8/8 himself until it gets removed. It comes down early and doesn't affect any of our cards. It being a creature is also pretty important since most hogaak decks don't play that much creature removal and it can be tough to deal with 4 plus however many times you unearth it. Most hogaak lists run 3/4 with some of the more recent lists going up to 6 (presumably to deal with jailer) but they don't really have a good way of digging for creature removal and you can clear the way with discard spells.
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So why are those alternatives not so great,
(note that jailer is more or less only for hogaak)
Remorseful Cleric and Ravenous Trap only hit once which isn't good enough for a deck that can't close out games quickly.
Ashiok hits a few times but is at sorcery speed and not being able to search isnt very relevant against hogaak.
Leyline is only good in your opening hand as it is otherwise too slow.
Jailer is able to blank pretty much everything in hogaak from bridge to bloodghasts and the big 8/8 himself until it gets removed. It comes down early and doesn't affect any of our cards. It being a creature is also pretty important since most hogaak decks don't play that much creature removal and it can be tough to deal with 4 plus however many times you unearth it. Most hogaak lists run 3/4 with some of the more recent lists going up to 6 (presumably to deal with jailer) but they don't really have a good way of digging for creature removal and you can clear the way with discard spells.