Even outside a dedicated shell, Rakdos is a strong commander, and with cards like Forsaken Miner and Phyrexian Altar, you can cast spells from opponents or even exile their entire libraries to close out the game
Anything that takes out an opposing threat is nice, as are looting/card draw triggers or those which chain into further reanimation these are effects we need all the time anyway, and the more we can overlap them with this other core function of huge deadly attacker, the more consistent we will be
Ultra Pro uses plastic here but promises its free of nasties like PVC and acid
These are both pure card quality spells, somewhat ramped up versions of Vampiric Tutor and Ponder meets Impulse
Surging Sparks dropped as one of the final major Scarlet & Violet era expansions, and it made a statement
The separation point is that the deck Id build with Durnan/Haunted One would be radically different than the one with Old Stickfingers, so itll stay on the table for now