In addition to the standard text that declares the card must be removed from your deck if not playing for ante, it also has the same life payment disclaimer, "Effects that prevent or redirect damage may not be used to counter this loss of life." Thank goodness Wizards found a better solution with modern-day rules
I chose a Chandra planeswalker deck, a mono-red deck with a focus on Elemental creatures
Effectively playing on turn 5 while your opponents are stuck on turn 3 lets you deploy better threats and answers while they struggle to keep up
However, Chaos Fusion can also use set monsters as materials, so it contributes to selecting fusion mobs
Decks I would recommend Thorton to be played in: any deck that plays Basic Pokemon Roxanne I know that your opponent can still draw out of it, but Roxanne [Astral Radiance] can absolutely steal games
Wyll is unique in being the only Rakdos option with a bona fide 1 mana Commander, which can isolate specifically Wheel or similar cards in the cascade pool, but Wyll himself requires a bit too much buy-in to make work as part of the gimmick, in theorycrafting