It's also reasonably strong on its own as a 4/3 for 3 mana
Admittedly, however, the card has improved its fair share of formats, on account of just how effectively it allows fair decks to interact with unfair decks
Why dont I just play a more popular mono white equipment commander
It's strong everywhere, but it has enhanced value in archetypes that care about counters generally, +1/+1 counters specifically, proliferate tricks for multicolor brews looking to add loyalty counters for their planeswalkers, four and five-color decks, Commanders with evasion, Commanders with a power that, when increased by 1 get a faster kill, Equipment, Aura, and Voltron decks looking to get in kills with their Commander, and loads more
There are several cards in this ink that synergize with items by reducing their costs, returning them from your discard pile to your hand, drawing cards, and more