When I was your age, Mana Drain was widely regarded as one of the most broken cards in the game
Instead of trying to close out the game as quickly as possible, you would use Life from the Loam to ensure you can keep recurring your Bloodghasts and flashing back your Faithless Looting, while building a sizeable hand size to set up a big Conflagrate either to point at your opponents face or wipe out all of their creatures
Plus, the Showcase Scroll art version is absolutely gorgeous
Control decks want to play very few actual win conditions in their deckand having them be indestructible means you have to worry far less about them dying to a stray Abrade and making your ability to turn the corner and push toward winning that much harder
Entropic Uprising Every set of Commander decks since it debuted in 2011 and continuing through today has created new archetypes, giving Commander players more tools, and such
Answers and Card Draw Since my deck doesn't have much space, here are my answers and card draw in one section