[Micah]

The best is the Chalice, with the Mage Bane being the other contender, since they do very different things (Chalice would win hands down, but the Gift of Health global does the same thing, so there's a second option, whereas the MB is the final word in killing a single target). I will always forge the chalice the first turn I can, and the MB 1st or second (I'll wait on the hammer of the Forge Lord usually since it's 65 gems, plus my boosters are usually busy with the chalice)

Even if you have national SC summons Tartarians are either better (See Dai-Oni at 40 gems each) or differently pathed (angels) and I wouldn't really want to alch death gems to pearls to summon up angels.

The hammer of the forge lord is merely really, really nice, not a must-have by any means.

The robe of Calius the Druid is pretty high up on the "worthless" meter, as are the sandals of the crane. The Tartarian Chains are also pretty horrid.