Infernal Spawn of Infernal Spawn of Evil Im going to justify these more by their mechanics than the flavor in most cases, and the mechanics here touch on some very cool and underused space
Nicol Bolas, the Ravager / Nicol Bolas, the Arisen Nicol Bolas, the Ravager is an efficient creature that saw competitive play in many formats
The Brothers' War And Urza's Spark The two brothers would separately begin building influence and power with two different parts of Dominaria
It shuts down other effects as well - your opponents can't cast spells from anywhere other than their hands, so no casting spells using Madness, Plot, Mayhem, or a whole bunch of red impulse draw effects
While Force of Will has never been legal in Modern (yet) , it was a key player in the formats precursor, Extended
Applying pressure is useless if you cant back it up, and the repeated loots make it harder to stall out after putting on an aggressive front