I have to imagine that there will be a self mill engine printed in Zendikar Rising, so maybe Drowned Secrets will not be missed so much, but I have had a lot of fun playing with it and employing both strategies even if neither one was particularly competitive
Though white decks have historically struggled to match the strength of decks of colors like green and blue in Commander, in recent years, white has received excellent support that accentuates its strengths and helps to alleviate previous shortcomings
It turns out that Mono-Black Commanders are really good at being mean to your opponents, but sometimes we all want to be the villain, don't we?
White already has good removal for handling the big stuff, it is dealing with the little things that white is most eager to expand on and Oppressive Rays gets that job done well
Are Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa and Vishgraz, the Doomhive really that much better