If you don't have fourteen or more cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability won't resolve and none of its effects will happen
All in all, I find the damage reduction from Shield Energy to be inconsequential
For instance, most of the Mekk-Knight monsters have this as their first effect: If 2 or more cards are in the same column, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand) in that column This means that if your opponent has a spell and a monster in the same column on the field, you could special summon a Mekk-Knight to that same column in the monsters zone on your side of the field
Sacrifice five Treasures: Search your library for an artifact or Dragon card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle
If you're investing in EDH, the Modern Horizons 3 precon bundle sets you up with some of the greatest cards the format has ever seen
Fires decks could have a terrible time with the Cloak when it was on something as simple as a River Boa even when it wasn't going on something even larger like Rith, the Awakener, but Saproling Burst and Blastoderm caused compatibility issues
