This is an extremely expensive spell that drops in price once things start dying, replacing your hand with eight cards and dealing eight damage to each opponent
If they have any sacrifice outlet or discard outlet, let the sabotage commence, otherwise you can initiate self-destruction with an instant-speed edict like Tergrid's Shadow and sacrifice the two best creatures instead of their worst
Parallel Lives is worth $29 in its cheapest form, while Anointed Procession is worth $47
6 mana is a lot to ask for a mana doubler in the modern day, and while the ability to turn that mana into power is nice, the lack of evasion really hurts this cards ability to serve as a reliable finisher, even with an Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth in play
This is strong when you can Raid, and pretty mediocre when you can't
For three mana, Stroke of Midnight is a White instant spell that lets you destroy a target nonland permanent, before its controller creates a 1/1 White human token