As a 5-color commander, Azlask's color identity lets you include every single one of the other experience counter cards, and its generally useful activated ability synergizes well with all those extra ways to generate counters
6th - Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIERSephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER 7th - Bloodthirsty ConquerorBloodthirsty Conqueror 8th - Valgavoth, Terror EaterValgavoth, Terror Eater 9th - Knuckles the EchidnaKnuckles the Echidna 10th - Cosmic Spider-ManCosmic Spider-Man 11th - Kefka, Court MageKefka, Court Mage 12th - Sothera, the SupervoidSothera, the Supervoid 13th - Iron Man, Titan of InnovationIron Man, Titan of Innovation 14th - Doomsday ExcruciatorDoomsday Excruciator 15th - Grievous WoundGrievous Wound The salty new cards seem to be dominated by a lot of black cards and legends
For current archetypes, the only place that this might see play is in the sideboard of Blue Greasefang decks
However, once you play a Character on turn 1 you can make it much more powerful by either using Simba effect or by playing Hypnotic Strength that also allows the player to draw a card
Each Set Booster contains 12 Magic cards, 1 Art Card, and 1 token, ad card, Helper card, or special card from Magic's history (a card from "The List")
While the flavor is nice, there are simply better Equipment to search for with Cloud, Midgar Mercenary, even with Clouds trigger-doubling ability