Similarly, if you choose the second mode and the creature loses its counters in response, you can't destroy it instead
For example, Ripples of Undeath is card advantage and self-mill, and Incarnation Technique provides a reanimation spell and puts 10 cards in your graveyard, assuming you demonstrate it
However, for those who do choose to use these in a deck, it can be quite the flex and a way to mess with an opponents mind
Now to explain some of the artifact chooses i made Equipment Choices Scythe of the Wretched: I added this card because Silas and/or Akiri will be attacking every chance you have
I can definitely see this commander occupying a similar space as Nymris, Oonas Trickster , offering you a way to maintain a healthy amount of cards in hand in a Dimir control shell