Thisll find a home in Vampire decks, but also tokens decks of many kinds
Shore Up: This reprint remains a deceptively powerful instant
Can we make something more accessible? Miller was brought into the fold in part because hes been a longtime student of the collectible trading card medium
One of your concepts was, This card MUST be my commander
Instead, If Szadek, Lord of Secrets would deal combat damage to a player, instead put that many +1/+1 counters on Szadek and that player mills that many cards. That means you can keep building with every hit, and if you buff up Szadek, you can mill out your opponents even faster
That being said, you'll still want some equipment staples like Loxodon Warhammer and Sword of the Animist