Despite being reprinted as recently as the MTG Lord of the Rings commander precons, it remains a very expensive Magic card
It's a tearjerker for sure, and they captured that moment perfectly on a Farewell reprint in the precon
Also, if you have no cards in hand when it resolves, you simply draw a card
Archon of Cruelty quickly found a home in Legacy reanimator decks, where you can use cards like Entomb to put it from your library into your graveyard, and then bring it back in the same turn with Reanimate
3 Be Prepared If banishing just one card isnt enough for you then Be Prepared is the way to go
However, any intentional aggression towards the Monarch is likely to result in violent backlashes from all other players around the table, because no matter what role you have other than Bandit, you want to see the Monarch dead late in the game