Realizing we can create Equipment that can be put into creature slots was a big innovation, one that we kept using on individual card designs, so it's not surprising that we keep making mechanics with it
Table of Contents show What Is Bushido in MTG
This is actually better than a standard wipe because it gets around Indestructible (like Blightsteel Colossus) and prevents on death triggers (like Wurmcoil Engine), all while leaving your colorless artifacts and lands untouched
They may cast it without paying its mana cost
Youre not trying to look threatening right off the batinstead, youre quietly building your gameplan, getting cost reducers or draw engines on the field, and laying the groundwork for a big swing later
While the primary win condition is swarming with a big zombie army, drain effects like Diregraf Captain give the deck reach to close out games