Many combo decks have used the Stroke as a kill card, including High Tide, Tolarian Academy, Power Artifact combo, and Aluren
This amount of life lost, combined with having to make it through three turns of your opponents before using the cards (unless youre specifically a deck built around maximizing it, including cards like Borne Upon a Wind), makes for a dangerous game
I love seeing colored equipment, because it means exploring interesting design space
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It starts as a 1/1 with haste, but every time it connects with a player or planeswalker, it gets stronger with a +1/+1 counter