For Challenge # 020. I'm going out on a limb here, and just assuming that Bonesplitter was overpowered, and that this is a reasonable alternative. It was, really. It was a first pick in draft, in an environment filled with wacky good equipment. Leonin Scimitar was later reprinted as an uncommon, and that almost seemed fair. I also like the ": Unequip ~." A few more pieces of equipment could serve to run that line.

For those of you confused as to the flavor, you need to watch "A Princess Bride" a few more times.

I'm not sure, but given the recent run of equipment I'd say you're basically right: I'm not sure bonesplitter falls into the "so overpowered it couldn't be reprinted", but I think it falls into "significantly better than what we now want to be the average baseline, so we're going to go on printing things that are a little worse on average but not strictly worse while avoiding printing something that's directly comparable".

Which of course this fits well: It's a bit worse than bonesplitter, but will be as good as bonesplitter in some situations, and has a small advantage that will be relevant sometimes.

I agree that Bonesplitter is slightly overpowered by modern standards. This is a curious card, but quite good.

...Of course, at the moment it has the small drawback that it can't be cast.

Whoops. Witness New and Improved "Two Blaves", now featuring a Casting Cost!

I've been on a tear lately. Making Drakes that don't fly and equipment which I've forgotten to add the only requirement that was needed to make it a valid entry...