This interdimensional warrior is obsessed with collecting legendary weapons (including the memeworthy Excalipur), and his ability to dig through your top six cards for Equipment and put them directly onto the battlefield is perfect for his weapon-hoarding personality
Seeing as this card is legal in all formats where it could appear, the demand for it is quite high especially as a one-of in CEDH decks that can thoroughly abuse it in concert with token-producing cards, untapping-land shenanigans, and much more
"Order and no luck": Absolutely the most important thing in mill deck: there are too many strong/medium cards, and combine them together is very very very difficoult
It is even utility as sometimes clues are more exciting than more cats
And in the 14 years that followed, precons have become a marquee part of any new set
As planewalker understanding has deepened and design has diversified we find this measure holds true less than it did even if it remains a reasonable starting point for balance consideration
