This is an obvious decision to preserve The One Ring's flavor and theme, and it helps keep the card fairly balanced, too
To help navigate that choice, consider three factors: Your land count : If youre light on mana, chances are your hand is full of spells, so playing the card for its normal cost may help you influence the board more efficiently
Its first chapter provides a situational Oblivion RingOblivion Ring, its next two chapters provide a temporary PropagandaPropaganda to help thwart go-wide strategies, and its final chapter lets you net some Treasure tokens so long as at least one of your opponents has a creature with power four or greater
The difference is marginal, but the fact remains that Spike Cannibal is disastrous for the +1/+1 counter player at the table
Airbending everything but your key piece in play sounds like the perfect solution that lets you redeploy all your ETB dorks while it sets your opponents back
This awesome card has unique triggers for when you cast either a red, blue, white, or green spell, making it a very fun Commander to build around, but also one that will get you ganged up on at your table if your decks start singing