There are a lot of ways to mill your opponents quickly, largely combined with lifegain while Hope is on the battlefield
But Dark Confidant really shines in life loss decks like Rowan, Scion of War and sacrifice decks that can easily get you out of the Bob business when you need to
It scales up the most effectively ensuring you can setup kills for 100s of damage if needs be
This may not seem like a big change, but as it turns out, it makes a huge difference to how players could interact with Scavenge on the stack
His second loyalty ability grants all of your spirits double strike and vigilance, making their 3/2 stat lines significantly more threatening
In Wizards ongoing effort to make sure that programmers and sorters and sellers lose their minds, there are going to be a whole lot of different treatments available for Modern Horizons 2