Nadu and the one ring sure are good cards.
I'm just glad saffron explained what the new impending keyword does. (it's suspend, but creatures start out as enchantments)
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I think The One Ring has been slipping under the radar with all the focus on Nadu. Nadu is definitely a problem but The One Ring is being run in nearly every other deck and I just cannot see how this is a good thing for any format. If aggro, midrange, combo, and control are all running the same card I think that's a clear sign the card is not only too strong, but too easy to run as well.
There just aren't any downsides, not even color pips, to prevent auto-including it and the upside is to high that it's often the right decision to just run 4 of them. I saw a number of games in PT MH3 where the game was almost over but the player behind casts TOR and then ends up winning from the card advantage it generated.
It also bugs me that the card doesn't have much of a downside. The supposed downside of life loss doesn't matter when you just reset the counter by casting another copy of it, which you will probably do when you're drawing 6+ cards for 3 life. And with the protection effect you're probably coming out ahead on life totals in the short term