This is especially true for permanents that give protection to ensure it sticks on the battlefield
It's not great in the case where you have to cast it on your blocker and cross your fingers that your opponent doesn't have a removal spell or a combat trick of his or her own
If you have a group of friends, buy a few different decks, shuffle up and start playing
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Its ward ability keeps Sauron safe, demanding that opponents sacrifice a legendary artifact or creature to target him with spells or abilities -- the best iteration of ward that MTG has ever seen
it is one of the Judge Reward Promos , and even though there are quite a few available, the listing is still quite valuable given its limited run