That approach was especially helpful since it kept the Towns themselves simple while letting us put the synergistic text on green and blue cards that made for a fun draft archetype
At least one of our opponents is always going to offer a nice discount on our beefy 6/6, flying, trample, haste Dragon
I've been playing Akiri, Fearless Voyager for years as my own Equipment commander specifically to encourage myself to Go Wide swinging with equipment instead of going Voltron as a self-imposed nerf to the deck and STILL it ends up correct to just pile on all my equipment on to a single creature most of the time
Needless to say, the community didnt take much convincing for the set to fully pop off becoming the most profitable set in Magic: The Gatherings history weeks before its June 13 release
Now the only way an opponent could evade infect damage would be to always have a chunk blocker ready, exile Plague Myr, or enchant it with a Pacifism-type aura to prevent it from attacking and blocking