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Liliana of the Veil and Bitter Triumph give us removal that also lets us discard a reanimation target and Cruelclaw's Heist let's us do a hand check to make sure our opponent doesn't have a way to kill Summon: Primal Odin, and if we're feeling frisky we can gift our opponent a card to steal what we Thoughtseize]

Dimir Guildgate

There's plenty of incidental equipment synergy to take advantage of too

If you don't discard a land that's fine, you can still discard something else and keep on digging and churning your deck and graveyard

This can also repeatedly trigger artifact synergies, which can be a nice way of utilizing the return effect

From an art standpoint, I also appreciate that Magic decided to create a unique look for the sword rather than just copy the design from the Peter Jackson movies