first edition psa 10 pokemon cards Charizard - 1st Base Set CGC Gem Mint Released in the late 90s 1999 Pokemon Fossil 38 Kingler

I've been playing Akiri, Fearless Voyager for years as my own Equipment commander specifically to encourage myself to Go Wide swinging with equipment instead of going Voltron as a self-imposed nerf to the deck and STILL it ends up correct to just pile on all my equipment on to a single creature most of the time

The reason being, you can cast your rituals during your main phase, but then you can't cast Savage BeatingSavage Beating until combat, when all that mana will have drained from your pool

However, Grist is also a 1/1 insect creature as long as its not on the battlefield

Before, in formats like Modern, while the removal was good, you could play around it or attack from an angle that was less susceptible to it