Squall, SeeD Mercenary Squall prefers to do things alone, which is represented by his card rather well
Ideally, you can hold on until theyve blown through some of their removal and landed their best threat before turning the scales in your favor
They let you cast your opponents' spells
The story events of that plane involved the five shards of Alara (Esper, Bant, Jund, Grixis, and Naya) recombining into a single plane at the machinations of Nicol Bolas
Furthermore, decks that use non-rule cards like evolution ex's can almost be considered defeated if they can't deal with Hands the turn after it activates (= it gets to move twice) it's a vicious card that is extremely strong
Sengoku is proactive Purple ramp into Admirals