RW Aggro/Equipment RW in Final Fantasy is a bit slower than your average RW archetype
Ultimately, there are a lot of strange decisions surrounding this set, which add up to make it feel like a swing and a miss

Braids, Conjurer Adept Braids, Conjurer Adept | Illustration by Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai Commander (1) Planeswalker (1) Creature (21) Archetype of Imagination Artisan of Kozilek Blightsteel Colossus Breaching Leviathan Bringer of the Blue Dawn Darksteel Colossus Emrakul, the Promised End Grozoth Inkwell Leviathan Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur Kozilek, the Great Distortion Mulldrifter Nullstone Gargoyle Platinum Angel Platinum Emperion Siren Stormtamer Thassa, God of the Sea Torrential Gearhulk Tribute Mage Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre Void Winnower Instant (16) Brainstorm Counterspell Cyclonic Rift Disrupt Fact or Fiction Force of Will Frantic Search Mana Drain Mystical Tutor Negate Pact of Negation Pongify Pull from Tomorrow Rapid Hybridization Reality Shift Swan Song Sorcery (5) Blatant Thievery Clone Legion Compulsive Research Expropriate Treasure Cruise Enchantment (5) Back to Basics Mystic Remora Omniscience Propaganda Rhystic Study Artifact (14) Caged Sun Darksteel Forge Doubling Cube Extraplanar Lens Lightning Greaves Mindslaver Sensei's Divining Top Sol Ring The Immortal Sun The Magic Mirror Thought Vessel Thran Dynamo Treasure Map Vedalken Orrery Land (37) Ancient Tomb Island x29 Lonely Sandbar Myriad Landscape Reliquary Tower Riptide Laboratory Scrying Sheets Strip Mine Winding Canyons Braids, Conjurer Adept can be a scary commander to see on the board, and for good reason

And its not like it didnt come up when Academy Rector was Standard-legal
2023-06-16 If you don't control an Army, the Orc Army token you create enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature before receiving counters
Someone like Christopher Rush (the artist behind the original art of Brainstorm, Mana Leak and Lightning Bolt, among many others) can increase the value of cards