Illustrated by Jonas De Ro Standard Not Legal Alchemy Not Legal Pioneer Legal Historic Not Legal Modern Legal Brawl Not Legal Legacy Legal Comp
Though this sword can give some good protection colors, lets face it people are going to remove the creature in response to the equip anyways
For example, the Theros Beyond Death Saga Elspeth Conquers Death has sixteen lines of rules text
In theory, with enough copies of Simian Spirit Guide, we can discard three cards on Turn 1 with Burning Inquiry, play a bunch of Hollow Ones, use Simian Spirit Guide to cast a Goblin Bushwhacker or Reckless Bushwhacker, and win the game on the spot
In one-versus-one formats, there's a chance your opponents deck is exclusively blue and black
This lets you set up a later turn where you play a game-changing threat and immediately follow it up with Visage Bandit to double down on that impact