A quick note on the banlist Magics Commander banned list updates on a roughly quarterly basis, and a handful of powerful fast-mana artifacts (the kind of free rocks that historically warped games) have moved on and off it
Curse of PredationCurse of Predation, Curse of OpulenceCurse of Opulence, Curse of Stalked PreyCurse of Stalked Prey, Curse of DisturbanceCurse of Disturbance, and more are all eligible for reclamation with this guy
Disney also wont work with him anymore either and Im sure will possibly get their legal involved. As this all came to a head, Mulligan deleted his personal website and has all but disappeared from the internet
When a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life
Doing any or all of these at instant speed can allow you to set up game-ending turns out of seemingly nowhere, and its all tacked onto a counterspell
That just kind of goes with the narrowness of have a typal commander, but the Gang does have some synergies with the deck so I wouldnt say its an immediate cut by any stretch