The ability to sac sub-optimal hatebears that we draw by chance into relevant threats and pieces of disruption is great
For color adjusting, we made spells that had two different costs, each one in a different color
Carnage Tyrant, Ghalta, Primal Hunger, and Forebears Blade are multiplayer stars, but the clutch card here is Conclave Guildmage, which can tap to give the team trample or to make a token
A Couple Noteworthy Rares As usual, the most valuable cards in Secrets of Strixhaven , at least out of the gate, are a handful of iconic mythic rares
Thopter Spy Network is an excellent card for this commander since youll have artifact creatures with menace and youll easily connect and draw more cards
Dark Ritual effects one-shot bursts like Dark Ritual, Cabal Ritual, and Songs of the Damned for explosive early plays Swamp-scaling engines Cabal Coffers, Crypt Ghast, and Nirkana Revenant multiply mana based on your Swamp count Life-to-mana conversion K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth and Bolas's Citadel let you spend life instead of mana Sacrifice-based mana Phyrexian Altar and Ashnod's Altar convert creatures into mana for combo turns Treasure generation Revel in Riches, Black Market Connections, and Pitiless Plunderer produce Treasures tied to death triggers Building a Black Ramp Package Mono-black ramp packages should be built around the Coffers engine: Cabal Coffers, Urborg, and 2-3 Swamp-scaling payoffs like Crypt Ghast and Magus of the Coffers