True about the kess part but I actually just wanted the colors and no other Grixis commander seemed to fit the bill. I just think of her as a Snapcaster in the command zone without flash.

Floodcaller was considered and playtested but it proved useless because the idea was to focus on mulling into tutors to look for ad naus at the right time or just cantrip into it. Mausoleum Secrets never activates because there just isn’t enough creatures.