Mirran Bardiche

For Mirrodin! is the keyword that solves Equipment's oldest problem without touching the equip cost at all: the gear arrives with a body already strapped in. Five mana buys a 4/3 with vigilance the turn it lands, no separate creature required, so the card plays like a creature spell that leaves a weapon behind rather than a piece of gear waiting on a target. The 2/2 Rebel token is expendable, and that expendability is the design's insurance policy: when the token dies, the +2/+1 and vigilance don't die with it, so the bardiche stays on the battlefield and moves to the next threat for its equip cost. Vigilance is the quietly correct keyword here. It lets the free token attack without giving up the block, which matters most on a body that came bundled at no extra cost and is expected to trade. Nothing decorates the profile beyond that: no evasion, no protection, just a clean stat bump and a keyword that keeps the carrier useful on both halves of combat. The whole design leans on the token clearing the bar of being worth five mana on the turn it enters, and a 4/3 vigilant attacker that leaves durable equipment behind generally does.