Ragged Short Spear
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A strong value Equipment that effectively replaces the discarded card and itself while leaving behind a substantial +2/+0 boost. Equip {3} is clunky, but the card is excellent in RW Equipment/Storied decks and remains playable in other red decks.
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Gameplay notes
Prefer discarding excess lands, flashback cards, or situational spells. Because the equip cost is expensive, cast the Spear when its draw effect improves your hand even if you cannot equip immediately; in RW, prioritize free-attachment or equip-reduction effects before spending three mana to move it.
Key synergies
Ragged Short Spear triggers Kíli's Equipment card draw, helps enable Storied, and can then be equipped for {0} once the enduring story is active, eliminating its main tempo drawback.
Dáin grants double strike to equipped attackers, so the Spear's +2 power contributes four additional combat damage while making even a small creature a serious threat.
Thorin attaches the Spear without paying its {3} equip cost, and the resulting +2 power increases the damage dealt by Thorin's attachment trigger.
Dwarven Mauler reduces the Spear's equip cost from {3} to {1}, allowing an efficient early attack with a 4-power creature after the Spear generates card advantage.
Casting the Equipment triggers Bothersome Noisemaker, and its enter-the-battlefield rummage can exchange an excess card for two fresh cards, increasing the chance of finding more noncreature spells to keep amassing.
The Spear's +2/+0 applies during both combat-damage steps, adding four damage to the Blacksmith while also increasing the deck's Equipment and artifact count.
Equipping Bolg's intended sacrifice with the Spear adds 2 power, so Bolg deals 2 additional damage and is more likely to generate excess-damage amass counters; the Equipment remains after the creature is sacrificed.
The Spear's optional discard and two-card draw guarantees a second-draw trigger, while the discarded card and the Councillors' mill rapidly build toward the seven-card graveyard bonus.
Discarding a card when Ragged Short Spear enters draws two cards, immediately putting two +1/+1 counters on Ravenhill Flock; the Equipment can then add power to the evasive threat.
Equipping an expendable creature with Ragged Short Spear increases the power Azog converts into Goblin Army counters by two; the Equipment survives the creature's destruction and can later be moved onto the Army.
The Spear enables The Lonely Mountain to enter untapped and lowers its token-making cost, while the Mountain's repeatable Dwarves provide expendable bodies to turn into substantial equipped attackers.