The Ancient One taps into the growing popularity of graveyard-centric horror and Eldrazi-style strategies. Online brewers experiment with self-mill, discard, and high-mana threats to meet its conditions and unlock its full power. Its design encourages building a deck that embraces the inevitable march toward the late game, where it becomes a towering threat. Players who like eerie, inevitability-laden commanders with strong top-end payoffs are drawn to The Ancient One.