This and another choose two modal spell, Atarkas Command, are great at dealing with a variety of situations
That's only true if the card is still a planeswalker, not for planeswalkers that lose the planeswalker type for the turn, like Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker
As of the time of this writing, weve seen four other cards with shield counters: Disciplined Duelist
Even after prices inevitably crash, a temporary $100 price tag is still impressive and even historic for MTG , proving that The One Ring is Tales of Middle-Earth 's best card.
From Planeshift
If the triggered ability doesn't resolve (because, for example, it has been countered), the cycling ability will still resolve, and you'll draw a card