, : Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. When you exile a nonland card this way, Hidetsugu deals damage equal to the exiled card's mana value to any target.
Use Hidetsugu's scry-on-sacrifice to set up the top of your library, then tap to exile and either cast that card or fling its mana value as damage at faces and creatures. You grind the table with aristocrats sacrifice value while turning impulse draw into a repeatable Lightning bolt cannon, eventually pointing big-mana-value spells at opponents' heads for the kill.
Repeatable, free card advantage via the impulse-exile ability every turn
Built-in burn wincon that scales with the mana value of cards you exile
Scry 2 sacrifice outlet smooths draws and fuels aristocrats synergies
Cheap, recastable commander at four mana in aggressive Rakdos colors
Doubles as removal, reach, and direct damage all in one card
The exile ability is slow: only one activation per turn without untappers
Exiled cards are lost if not played that turn, causing card disadvantage if mana-light
Highly commander-dependent; removal or repeated exile shuts the engine down
No ramp, protection, or evasion built in—needs heavy support
Color identity lacks blue's countermagic and white's protection
Legendary Creature — Ogre Demon
: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. When you exile a nonland card this way, Hidetsugu deals damage equal to the exiled card's mana value to any target.