That's the main reason we're not dealing with exact figures here, just a straightforward list of very good cards
While these cards are powerful and fun, given the, erm, rather central and unique nature of the actual one ring in the novels, this feels like thematic oversight on a scale even more epic than Tolkiens work
Hope of Ghirapur Hope of Ghirapur is one of those cards that seems to be a good role-player, but it never really found a home
Casualty, The Cost Of Doing Business Casualty is the kind of mechanic that perfectly captures why Magic design continues to work even after three decades
-1/-1 Counters As I explained above, we started by using -1/-1 counters in Lorwyn with the initial idea that creatures were being injured rather than killed, but it ended up feeling meaner, so we moved it off to Shadowmoor