First of all, there is a lack of effective card advantage engines available to Dimir-colored control decks, which makes it hard to play control decks in the first place, but also makes it much more costly to be stuck with the Excruciator in hand, Secondly, it is not leveraging one of the best strengths of the Excruciator, which is that it presents multiple angles of attack
The children have already been asking for more card decks
Keep your deck consistent: Maintain a consistent card ratio throughout your deck to increase the likelihood of drawing the cards you need when you need them
We arent trying to create any offensive pressure with her, but activating her When Attacking effect lets you look at the top 5 cards in your deck and add 1 blue Event to your hand
You dont even need other squirrel synergies, just reliable token production (though Camellia, the Seedmiser looks like a fantastic addition)
Mono Red players in Standard will be especially happy, as the influence of red decks hasnt been as significant since its rotation