His dominance is exactly why he still appears in conversations about the best planeswalkers in MTG, even if those conversations usually end with please never again. His loyalty jumped upward while turning real cards into decorative 3/3s , which makes interaction feel optional and deckbuilding pointless
And it will generally make all of our counters bigger

Ayara, First of Locthwain Ayara, First of Locthwain | Illustration by Ryan Pancoast Commander (1) Creature (32) Cult Conscript Dockside Chef Forsaken Miner Greedy Freebooter Haunt of the Dead Marshes Persistent Specimen Shambling Ghast A-Blood Artist A-Guildsworn Prowler A-Hobbling Zombie Accursed Marauder Ashnod's Harvester Brain Maggot Deep-Cavern Bat Dunbarrow Revivalist Dusk Legion Zealot Elderfang Disciple Kitesail Freebooter Marionette Apprentice Putrid Goblin Virus Beetle Zulaport Cutthroat Fell Stinger Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor Gravelighter Morbid Opportunist Plaguecrafter Thought-Stalker Warlock Grief Sheoldred, the Apocalypse Goremand Dusk Mangler Instant (14) Cut Down Fatal Push Grave Expectations Malakir Rebirth Undying Malice Bitter Triumph Deadly Dispute Eviscerator's Insight Feed the Cycle Infernal Grasp Sheoldred's Edict Blot Out Dismember Fell the Profane Sorcery (7) Bloodchief's Thirst Bone Shards Duress Reanimate Thoughtseize Fell Toxic Deluge Enchantment (1) Artifact (1) Land (44) This deck looks to do something mono-black decks have done since the dawn of Magic: sacrifice creatures for value

You need to be able to support a colorless Land, and if getting to isn't likely, it won't work, but Westvale Abbey is solid in many decks as a mana sink, and Ormendahl is a problematic threat no matter the situation