First of all, there is a lack of effective card advantage engines available to Dimir-colored control decks, which makes it hard to play control decks in the first place, but also makes it much more costly to be stuck with the Excruciator in hand, Secondly, it is not leveraging one of the best strengths of the Excruciator, which is that it presents multiple angles of attack
Four new Commander decks are taking to the high seas and low depths of the world in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan , each representing a different faction competing for the treasures held deep in the plane
Admiral Becket Brass is a four mana Blue, Black, and Red 3/3 that gives other Pirates you control +1/+1
Humans you control have each of the chosen abilities
If it is just a land you needed you can chose one that has the most suitable other cards to accompany it over the subsequent four turns
Note the type of mana spent to pay this activation cost