It's interesting to note that during The Great Designer Search , Noah Weil, current development intern, created a mechanic called pyre which is basically a slightly rougher version of delve
Forcing the opponent to discard an instant or sorcery removes an important damage spell, giving -2/-2 to a creature is likely to kill the majority of the creatures they field, and draining two life essentially undoes a spell's worth of damage
Credit: Wizards of the Coast Spawn-Gang Commander Marcy: Yeah, feels like this probably doesn't do much better than the original, and maybe doesn't do anything at all
Cyclonic Rift This is much more of a Commander card, but Cyclonic Rift demonstrates just how good it can be
Enter the Order half of Order // Chaos, the perfect answer since they played these two dorks to swing at your face