White has several permanents with abilities that can counter spells, but the rattlesnake element is lost when your opponent can see those permanents on the battlefield and play around them accordingly
However, the advantages and disadvantages of players going first and second will become more balanced, if the number of starting life of players is set at 5 instead
Plus, they will stick around if the creature they are assigned to get destroyed, to pass along the torch
The card in question will let you know if you can do so, but it's fairly common for cards to have activated abilities that only work if theyre in a graveyard, like Balustrade Wurm, Bloodsoaked Champion, or Reassembling Skeleton
"It seems like there should be a version with both risk and reward, something to capture why the Ring is tempting and why it's a bad idea to yield to that temptation," says Sargeant
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