With so many cards in Dimir that can help make Szadek unblockable, you'll have no trouble increasing his power and forcing opponents to mill out
If you cant pay the cost, you must sacrifice your card.) I like Mystic Remora a bit better since youre more likely to draw cards off of it, even if the cumulative upkeep effect will eventually force you to sacrifice it
Then sacrifice for a basic land and give her another counter, she now has 6
The fact that Hexing Squelcher itself dodges counters means it reliably establishes this protection when it matters
you want to be using an Equip 0 from Puresteel Paladin or another modifier, and then you want to be doing big damage, before using it for the mana ramping mode
Supercharging token generation and counter placement can cause many decks to gain an exponential lead that is extremely difficult to catch up to 2