Xenagos produces a Satyr even if its immediately removed
With 2/2/2/2 all-rounder stats, they can challenge when needed while keeping early lore pressure on
I've been playing Akiri, Fearless Voyager for years as my own Equipment commander specifically to encourage myself to Go Wide swinging with equipment instead of going Voltron as a self-imposed nerf to the deck and STILL it ends up correct to just pile on all my equipment on to a single creature most of the time
By adding more specific hoops a deck-builder has to jump through to cast or get value from a bomb, designers are then free to raise the power level on that creature significantly, knowing it wont become part of an ultra-consistent goodstuff shell
Keep banning cards until Necropotence is good, then ban Necropotence. -David Price From the moment Black Vise was restricted, Necro took over Standard
When this Siege enters, search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle