Affinity for artifacts offsets some removal as you can continually cast, mill, and return artifacts with this commander
And you will be surprised at just how often one or more opponents are going to dig four or six cards deep and make your Aberration +9/+9 from one spell
This commander lets you cantrip on an early turn, then return later as a permanent engine, which is a really strong play pattern in longer games
Instant Removal (CTRL to add secondary) Tokens Poppet Stitcher Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed
There is a once-per-turn limit, but if it becomes a different permanent, that's not an issue, so if you repeat the move of sacrificing the 'Reaper' and 'Weaponcraft Enthusiast' and its tokens to 'Ashnod's Altar' to generate 8 mana, and bringing them back with 'Nim Deathmantle', you can place infinite -1/-1 counters, so it seems you could steal all of your opponents' creatures