When March of the Machine was pitched, according to lead designer Mark Rosewater, it was "Phyrexia invades every plane we've ever seen" and it looks like they really meant it: The Methodology of Card Analysis So lets touch on the methodology of the organization for this set
9 Anowon, The Ruin Thief Rogue Buff, Deck Mill, And Card Draw Immediately, Anowon, the Ruin Thief is valuable for Rogue decks in that it gives a flat +1/+1 bonus to all of your Rogues, which they sometimes desperately need to compete with most other creature types in terms of damage
The outlaw mechanic is a batching mechanic similar to party and modified that is used to represent vocational creature types that typically draw the ire of local law enforcement
I like this for two reasons: firstly, Planeswalkers are getting better and better, and removing them while still allowing some damage from your commander, or your team (pre-wipe) without having to attack a walker is great
Its activation is just a tap to put a soul counter on it, pay three life for each soul counter, and put your commander from the command zone into your hand
This allows you to focus a bit less on defense, dedicating more of your list to executing Basts game plan