All this sacrificing is going to enable all kinds of death triggers, descend is still around, and you just know that theres going to be some kind of sacrifice archetype in many of the upcoming Limited environments
Excruciator being a compact way to add another angle of attack fits perfectly into a midrange strategy, which relies on being able to adapt its plans against various opponents, as opposed to a controlling strategy, which is much more concerned with the ability to answer incoming threats than finding win conditions
Its a Storyborn character, meaning the Beast appears here exactly as he does in the films, and the scene this card captures is one of the most dramatic from one of Disneys most bankable intellectual properties
From card draw through cards like Thoughtcast to mana fixing through artifacts like Gruul Signet and the enchantment Weirding Wood, the nuts and bolts common and uncommon cards in this deck are always trying to either help you get artifact tokens onto the battlefield, or rewarding you for having artifacts
Its also likely that lands in general will be a mechanical focus for the set, given the World Shaper Commander deck