Hard-Won Jitte

In Commander, Hard-Won Jitte is a low-cost equipment that earns its slot in any aggro or go-wide build — the -1/-1 mode handles early blockers, the life drain buys time, and the power boost closes games when combat math gets close. It's outclassed by Umezawa's Jitte in raw power but costs a fraction of the price and plays similarly in practice. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer it's largely a footnote, since creature strategies there want faster payoffs and Equipment decks already run stronger options. Legacy has no real use case for it at all — the bar is too high. For Oathbreaker it's the same read as Commander: fine in an aggressive shell, unremarkable elsewhere.