Commander started as a fan-created format, after all." [14] Cards in Magic: The Gathering generally have a consistent format, with half of the face of the card showing the card's art, and the other half listing the card's mechanics, often relying on commonly-reused keywords to simplify the card's text
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, if it targets one or more other permanents you control, create a token that's a copy of one of those permanents
You can build around it, though, by running Sword of the Animist, Bitterthorn and/or Kodama of the West Tree
Many artifacts serve as mana accelerators or provide powerful abilities that any color deck can access
Instead, it's the fact that it allows the player to draw two cards when an equipped creature dies that pushes it over the top The potential card advantage is unreasonable for a single mana investment, especially since the -1 to Toughness makes it extremely easy for the player to kill their own creatures on command
You can move a counter from a Dark Depths onto a Chandra Nalaar, for example