I think originally it was intended as such until someone wanted to use it in a way that TPTB didnt like.
I would love to make you shuffle all your evil characters and discard all the evil cards in your hand and I will give you a lost soul all day to make you discard your whole hand...but thats just me. If it were me, Id allow the play and congratulate someone for thier hard work.
That was so 2 seasons ago. My T2 Primary Objective deck never was super effective, but it was certainly fun. My T1 Holy Unto the Lord deck was slightly more effective.
Kirk
