finding the right pieces can be intimidating to all but the most well-versed players
I love it with Murktide Regent who loves to see those two types exiled
I used this one in Sylvia and Khorvath, too, to make lots of hasty beaters when I played out my equipment, but its even better in Neyali
The three most useful recent additions to equipment decks in EDH Ardenn, Koll and Reyav all share Halvars abilities between them, and redundancy is the key to any strong strategy
After all, are not all the best artifacts always ancient and powerful, valuable beyond measure with origins lost in the sands of time
As such, players want to play against decks of similar power levels, as opposed to everyone bringing a deck to simply win with