Cards all have a specific purpose in constructed be that disrupting the scary things or working towards your own end game plan
Hell Mongrel gets the spot on the list over cards like Terminal Agony and Bone Shards because it does both sides of what the deck wants
As detailed above, The List for BLB consists of cards from SPG.* 3 Uncommons 1 Wildcard of any rarity 1 Rare or mythic rare 1 Traditional foil of any rarity 1 Seasonal full-art basic land Spring 40% Non-foil 32%, traditional foil 8% Summer 30% Non-foil 24%, traditional foil 6% Autumn 20% Non-foil 16%, traditional foil 4% Winter 10% Non-foil 8%, traditional foil 2% 1 Non-foil token or art cardcan be any of the following: Ad/token card (65%) 54 Art cards (30%) 54 Signature art cards (5%) *Starting with Bloomburrow , de-archived cards, commonly known as The List cards, which feature the Planeswalker stamp in the bottom-left corner will no longer appear in Play Boosters
Living Death is always really fun to resolve, and its a boardwipe thats increasingly easy to make one-sided
Why waste a perfect opportunity here
same goes for Sire of Insanity