So, try not to be too angry with the card
Doubling your equipment abilities gives it teeth to perform in EDH, where cheap creatures can get overshadowed by more explosive plays
Fortunately, there are far more efficient ways to create tokens in white, so youll only need to overpay for your 1/1s in emergencies
For context on just how under the radar Brainstorm was, heres the eventual champion and shortlist Hall of Fame candidate, Justin Garys U/R list from that same event: Creatures (12) Lands (22) Spells (26) 2 Nevinyrral's Disk 4 Counterspell 4 Dissipate 4 Force of Will 3 Earthquake 3 Disintegrate 2 Incinerate 2 Serrated Arrows 2 Binding Grasp Sideboard Super rad deck, to be sure, but definitely could have benefited from a playset of Brainstorms
[12-041C] Dancer Only 1000 damage is inflicted if there are six or fewer characters with the wind element at the resolution step
White's been doing much better across all formats as of late