In that sense, it reminds me a lot of Metastatic Evangel, another ridiculously powerful counter-generation engine at two mana
You are even wondering the place of Broken Bamboo sword in such an archtype, when there is a bigger and better option in the form of Fiendish Well to be frank, there is only 1 reason you should ever continue to use Broken Bamboo: Fiendish searches it when you need an Equip Spell Bamboo Sword to enable your other 2 Bamboo Sword cards
The card proved to be hugely successful at both the 2010 and 2011 World Championships, with 7 of the 8 decks TPCi immortalised for public sale: Mychael Bryans Happy Luck, Yuta Komatsudas LuxChomp of the Spirit and Yuka Furusawas Power Cottonweed decks from the 2010 championships, and Gustavo Wadas Megazone, Christopher Kans Reshiphlosion, Ross Cawthons The Truth and David Cohens Twinboar from the 2011 championships
More specifically, it was only available in 2009 in Fall Collector's Tins
By upgrading this red card, you get to equip expensive equipment at will, or for Mirrodin