Also, once again, in 1v1 gameplay, you yourself will be one of the 2 players, meaning your equipment, controlled and owned by you, will fall off the creature because it can't be targeted or equipped by your stuff as soon as it has protection from you, making it quite the useless sword
Once the last lore counter goes on The Great Work you can cast all your instant and sorcery spells in your graveyard for the turn, effectively giving you a ton of cards to refill your hand
Sylvan is especially great in the first couple of turns to help you smooth your mana out, or explode with multiple threats or combo pieces in a single turn, and is bonkers in conjunction with Bazaar
If a card has whitening, a surface line, or poor centering, a top grade is unlikely