Thief of Existence One generic, one colorless, one green Creature Eldrazi 3/4 Devoid (This card has no color.) When you cast this spell, exile up to one target noncreature, nonland permanent an opponent controls with mana value 4 or less
While a 5/5 with hexproof is solid, if its owner controls their commander, Stromsurge Kraken gets +2/+2 and gains the added benefit of drawing its controller two cards whenever it becomes blocked
On top of that, at the beginning of your end step, you exile each opponents bottom card of their library and can play them for as long as theyre exiled
I believe that we can glean a hint of the answer in Mark Rosewater's latest State of Design article, from July this year
we dont need to read any of the associated stories (although definitely do, theyre excellent) to get the narrative