For instance, players can ping their opponents with blood artist or gain life with cards like deathgreeter
That said, the low equip cost and the permanent power boost via +1/+1 counters make it feel like it grants the equipped creature Super Prowess
If youre playing him aggressively you can rack up a good amount of lore, and then when he is banished, you get to draw a card to keep going
Cloud, Midgar Mercenary Stoneforge Mystic used to be on the banned list
Lastly, it also makes 004-029 a nice inclusion, either as a synergistic card, or just to open a turn we would lore with everything, and limit our opponent's ability to challenge us on their turn
RIP Golos.) Tovolar, Dire Overlord has those magical words draw a card written on him, and its a fairly achievable goal hitting an opponent with combat damage from a Wolf or Werewolf