Someone hiding behind that is about to get a big surprise when their equipment gets pilfered and the creature they believed was protected gets axed
Ill always reference the cheaper version of the card, so keep in mind that foils and other treatments like borderless or alternate art can make this price twice as high, or even more
If the control player has the dominant long-term strategy, the combo player faces the uphill battle of trying to force a few significant spells through often-heavy disruption
Today, gaining tapping and gaining 5 or 6 life for each time in Commander it's not as strong with its 40-life start, and there aren't as many of these running around to abuse the table with 4 in each deck, and there's not the obvious Elf deck power for most multiplayer tables where you usually had one, and sometimes two
Or, leave a card you dont want on top for the next suggestion
Nahiri, Forged in Fury has affinity for said equipment cards and can help you top deck into even more equipment cards