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For some like the planeswalkers it is for technical reasons, while both can offer a great influx of cards immediately they are dependant on the board state

A good reason for going mono-black is that black can cover almost all bases well (except artifact destruction)

If the target creature isn't normally a creature (for example, an animated Monument to Perfection), the equipped creature will become a copy of the noncreature permanent

This helps avoid the running out of gas issue that can plague aggro decks as you find yourself constantly getting new cards to play

Trample, Ward 4

This can enable running 8 copies of the effect and a higher velocity deck, which opens a lot of interesting deck building possibilities