You get lots of pressure the turn you play this white enchantment, and it only gets better with every additional combat step
For example, as of the first release of 2027, card sets released in 2025, 2026, and 2027 will be legal in Standard, and that pattern continues seamlessly into the future
To be clear, though, the two are very different cards and the main (only) resemblance is the mana cost and power and toughness, but even still Im a believer in Walking Ballista
The card quite literally does everything it could ever want, proving instant access to essential combo pieces as well as flooding the board with Energy all on one body
The equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each creature we control with base power or toughness of 1, and whenever a Hamster, Mouse, Rat, or Squirrel enters we can equip the Sword for free
Brawl Legal Vintage Legal Timeless Legal Commander Legal Pauper Not Legal Oathbreaker Legal Penny Legal Toolbox Notes and Rules Information for Asmodeus the Archfiend: If a card is exiled face-down and no player has been given permission to look at it, no player is allowed to look at it as long as it remains exiled face-down