Combined with the frankly outrageous state of things back then (4 Ancestral Recall , anyone?) leading to prolonged game states and impasses, WotC decided that enough was enough and restricted Ivory Tower
Twenty-four hours later, what "Auram the World Chalice Blademaster" and his friends saw before them once they arrived at the vast wetlands, guided by the "World Chalice", was the earth covered in the hordes of the "Krawlers", glowing with crimson lights
In Commander, you can focus more on gaining life with cards like Soul Warden in the mix
In the virtual world, his Deck Master was Judge Man
Decks that care about manipulating the top of the library also dont tend to be rammed with creatures, meaning this will miss a lot of the time
building his Deck around torture-themed cards, and using his shadow powers to manifest them into reality, painfully hurting his opponents for his own pleasures