In a lifegain-based deck, youll be able to trigger the Regent at least once before it dies, and more often than not 5-10 times
The recent surge in interest put enough upward pressure on this version for its scarcity (relative to the base version) to become relevant for the first time
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand with mana value less than or equal to that damage without paying its mana cost
These errors are usually present on an entire print run, partial print run, or a specific language version of a card
Being able to equip this to any of your attacking creatures for free also makes it a tricky thing to counter if your opponent takes out one attacker, just equip this to another instead
Although a Scarecrow lord that offered protection from Birds would score some serious style points