While there is an immense amount of removal played in Modern, there is often not a ton in combo decks
In the anime, he dies due to being a part of Zorc and merging with him during the final battle, while in the manga, he dies due to his life being linked to Zorc and Akhenaden, who is destroyed by the light of the Blue-Eyes
While our main goal is to play as many Skeletons as possible and use them to beat our opponent down after pumping them with Skeletal Swarming and Death-Priest of Myrkul, we also have a sacrifice-sub theme featuring cards like Shambling Ghast, Eyetwitch, Deadly Dispute, and Village Rites that both helps to ramp us into Skeletal Swarming and also takes advantage of the fact that both Swarming and Death-Priest care about creatures dying
Darksteel Mutation Technically speaking, Darksteel Mutation isn't removal: The enchanted creature is still right there on the battlefield
This version of Mana Crypt takes us back to Kaladesh for the style, which you can see both in the beautiful showcase frame, and from all the iconic red and gold filigree