Tales of Middle-earth Senior Art Director Ovidio Cartagena defended the choice when I asked him about the uproar
Lastly, those tokens dont last long as they are exiled at the end of combat, which means no death triggers unless you sacrifice them yourself
Card Name Mana Cost Type Legendary Artifact Equipment Rarity Rare rules Text As long as equipped creature is attacking, it has first strike and must be blocked if able.Equipped creature has "If a creature dying causes a triggered ability of this creature or an emblem you own to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time."Equip Number 353 Language Espaol Legal Formats Alchemy, Brawl, Commander, Competitive Brawl, Historic, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Timeless, Vintage Rulings (6/6/2025) The granted ability affects the equipped creature's own "when this creature dies" triggered abilities as well as other triggered abilities of that creature or emblems you own that trigger when a creature dies
Again, this is useful by itself and gets better with other lifegain effects especially in the Soul Sisters archetype, where you gain life efficiently by also going wide on board