You get a super wheel that scales with the number of artifacts you control, which well, we all know how easy it is to flood the board with Treasure and stuff
Included as a card to set 8 Mihawk to active after attacking, or to set a rested Koushiro to active to prevent a counter-lethal
There is a guide to adding alt arts to OPTCGSim below
Dark Sacrifice Gravewaker | Illustration by Daniel Ljunggren Creature (20) Vogar, Necropolis Tyrant Gravewaker Bushmeat Poacher Demon of Loathing Doomed Dissenter x2 Dusk Legion Zealot Fleshbag Marauder Gavony Unhallowed x2 Gifted Aetherborn x2 Lord of the Accursed x2 Maalfeld Twins Priest of the Blood Rite Ravenous Chupacabra Reassembling Skeleton Vilis, Broker of Blood Howling Golem Instant (6) Doom Blade x3 Supernatural Stamina Village Rites x2 Sorcery (4) Moan of the Unhallowed x2 Sign in Blood x2 Enchantment (3) Demonic Embrace Liliana's Mastery Vow of Torment Artifact (1) Land (26) Swamp x26 As the name suggests, the mono-black deck is all about sacrificing with a minor zombie sub-theme tied in
Ditto Swords to Plowshares
I doubt TPC played a role, but I have no doubt that certain celebrities influenced the spike in popularity (not sure who)