Sword of Fire and Ice also belongs in the equipment draw category
Enter the Commander era and suddenly this card becomes trivially easy to flip
While Abzan Aristocrats seems like a fairly competitive way to play with Death's Oasis, the Cat Oven engine is tier one in Standard and has been for a while
The lowliest Elf can still represent a dangerous threat with their common ability to tap for mana, allowing you to ramp ahead of your opponents and get to your big threats quicker
Flavour-wise, this gives the set a distinct look and vibe, with many of the artwork comissioned for the set displaying snow-covered landscapes or Nordic-insipred visuals
There's a very minor Card Draw theme with stuff like Syr Elenora, the Discerning and Vodalian Wave-Knight for spice, along with a bit of reanimation set-up like Exsanguinator Cavalry to help discard Knights and Haakon, Stromgald Scourge to get them back, but it's minor enough to be mostly just added resiliency to the deck, not a specific goal
