When it came time to finalize card names, the card was updated to be called Meteor Strike and I remember having a conversation with Gavin Verhey, Zakeel Gordon, and Daniel Holt after that
Even for the baseline ability, nabbing a single extra card per turn for a minor loss of life is usually worth the trade-off, and seeing as the Confidant is usually a removal magnet early, you likely wont have to worry too much about slipping into the danger zone
The eyes pinned wide open, the mummified flesh, the lacerated lungs, the weird device embedded into his forehead, his hands reduced to stumps, forcing him to surgically attach the brushes to his arms and use his own blood as ink
Captain Nghathrod Few commanders tie the horror and mill themes together as cleanly as Captain N'ghathrod