The deck was fun, because it put everyone in the drivers seat when it came to dowling out commander damage for the same player, but terrifying because an underprepared table could lose in a few turns
Likely in an attempt to keep the decks power levels relatively even, Ravages of War can only be pulled from Universes Beyond: Fallouts Collector Boosters
Cloud of Faeries provided easy support for Spellstutter Sprite in Pauper until it was banned
Instead, it can only be played with its convoke and delve keywords, giving Hogaak the flexibility to helm a creature-based deck, a graveyard deck, or a combination of the two, all without requiring the use of your lands
Ominous Seas We originally had Ominous Seas a little bit lower in the ranks, but we were pretty strongly convinced as a final forethought to put it higher
This is partly due to the Reserved List, a list of cards from the sets Alpha to Urza's Destiny (19941999) that Wizards has promised never to reprint