Magus of the Madness

Deathtouch
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a despair counter on Magus of the Madness, then each player exiles X permanents he or she controls and/or cards from his or her hand, where X is the number of despair counters on Magus of the Madness.
"Believe me, you would prefer to die. If only I gave you the choice to."