Gold Star cards have pull rates of approximately 1:72 packs, so basically 1 per every two booster boxes
Id run this in decks that can circumvent the equip cost, like with Puresteel Paladin, but Id steer clear of it in non-equipment decks
Big deck energy: How to build a Commander deck Originally, Companion cards could be played right from the sideboard, but this was deemed too powerful pretty early on, and the rules were updated a couple of months after Ikoria came out
There are three primary ways to win with tokens: You attack with enough creature tokens that your opponent cant possibly hope to block them all, You pair your token generation with Mirkwood Bats, Impact Tremors, Zulaport Cutthroat, and similar effects that drain your opponents life total as your tokens enter and leave the battlefield, or You have sacrifice outlets that let you cash in tokens to kill blockers and/or drain your opponents life, like Goblin Bombardment