, Sacrifice The Filigree Sylex: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value equal to the number of oil counters on The Filigree Sylex
Of course, like with many deadly mono-black legends, the real problem with a Shredder, Shadow Master deck is that he's too scary, but doesn't provide value like card draw or bodies
Hades is a more straightforward payoff that removes a character from play by putting it into their controllers inkwell, and then sticks around after to quest and challenge
I adore the Caesar's power, and he's in the color for red of haste enablers like Anger or Hammer of Purphoros to attack with him after resolving to get that trigger on the turn you play him
Pod effects also play well with toolbox strategies
Just by being played, the card prevented a player's opponent from casting spells at Instant-speed, forcing them to only play during their turn and shutting down a huge number of playstyles