The commander is here primarily as an outlet for Food Chain
While the creativity was legendary, the player was disqualified for reducing their deck below the minimum size
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Its for that second part, though, why many people will find room for Wondrous Crucible
He'd been trying to take advantage of Master of Cruelties, a card that had captured the imaginations of more than a few readers, and realized that Master of Cruelties doesn't actually need power to reduce an opponent to 1 life (although it's certainly worse against creatures if it doesn't have any), so he could use Heartless Summoning to play Master of Cruelties, since he was planning to make it unblockable with Rogue's Passage anyway
Something that hangs around turn after turn, providing value