Rather than an equipment that proliferates copies of a 3DS Pokemon game, the Swords of X&Y all have color protection, a +2/+2 buff, and cost three to play and two to equip
Special summons are common to the point a limitation on this type of summon is barely registered, while the additional ability of this card to negate monster effects as they grow ever-more-important in the current meta make this even more useful than the spell/trap negation of Solemn Judgment
Whenever a creature you control dies, put a loyalty counter on Lolth, Spider Queen
Each ultimatum is really its own payoffs, and most of them are easy to take advantage of in the deckbuilding process
Both are starter cards, but since they tend to compete for space with Power Vice, I think you should choose one or the other