You already have two better equipment for the deck (Plating and Clamp) and equipment (and now vehicles) have diminishing returns
Otherwise, Chris got past his lack of red removal by using some colorless removal instead
Illustrated by: BBC Studios Not Legal Traditional Standard Not Legal Traditional Alchemy Not Legal Traditional Explorer Rulings 2021-03-19 Past in Flames affects only cards in your graveyard at the time it resolves
The attachment bonus if its an equipment is nice, especially if you manage to steal something like Colossus Hammer, but its mostly just the sprinkles and icing on top
Giant Octopus The only things Ill say about Giant Octopus is that its a 4-mana 3/3 vanilla creature, and its Ninth Edition printing quotes Jules Verne in its flavor text
The titular Enchantress cards serve as your draw engine, while evasive creatures, once backed up with Auras, serve as your win condition