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The issue with it I think is that unlike the other swords or Jitte it does nothing to protect your guy from removal, and even if they tap out, stacks no advantage you can use later if they do as...

Jotun Grunt, Runed Halo, Orim's Chant, perhaps? I don't understand the deck well enough to know exactly what is being brought in when.

Not a big fan against zoo, they can just burn your guys instead.

Sort of cute against Eve's discard, though. It also takes the sting out of gatekeepers.

Gah. You have a less than 20% chance of being able to open with forge-tender, even main decking him x2 as you relatively unusually do - and most goblins builds these days are capable of removing a t1...

Most of the time if you are trying to connect with a turn 2 mystic-ed piece of as soon as possible, as in the goblins matchup, it is going to have to be on the mystic themselves, barring vial...

No, that was exactly my point. Getting a sword active (ie, connecting for value) on a mystic the turn after you play it costs 5 mana, since you can't tap it and attack with it on the same turn. And...

Jitte does all of that when your attacker is getting chumped, and triggers off defense, too. It also can be cast and activated on mystic for 4 net, which is not irrelevant.