The latter has a cost advantage, with both a cheaper mana value and equip cost, but it only ever auto-equips once, whereas the Battle-Axe can attach to new Warriors entering play
This allows us to loop Acererak indefinitely, and if we send him through the Lost Mine of Phandelver, we get infinite drains to finish off our opponents
Token doublers like Anointed Procession are also high on the list of broken things you can be doing with this card
I want to see this in play
Dig up reprints from across Innistrad's history and iconic characters from Magic 's Gothic horror plane
My mind immediately goes to cards like The Ozolith and Resourceful Defense to start shuffling around counters, not to mention synergy with cards like Elenda, the Dusk Rose and Unruly Mob that grow whenever your creatures die