There will always be an artifact around that's ripe for smashing
The "Vivi Cauldron" deck was run by more than half of players and posted dominant results in both Arena Championship 9 on August 9, 2025 and Spotlight: Planetary Rotation a few weeks later
In multicolor decks, black typically plays a support color role offering creature removal to colors that dont have access to it like blue and green
Because you can cheaply cycle a ton of creatures and then bring them all back at once with Living End
A drop that includes three board wipes in Day of Judgment, Star of Extinction, and Toxic Deluge would already be frightening, but adding in an extra turn spell in Temporal Extortion, and a way to exile key cards from your opponents' decks with Praetor's Grasp makes this by far the meanest Secret Lair drop we've ever seen
There are just so many potential commanders to choose from