Later in the game, which would you rather draw
1 Traditional foil uncommon with the showcase Ring treatment (23.3%), a borderless scene common (41.8%) or uncommon (32.6%), or a Nazgl uncommon (2.3%) Here, you can open one of the listed cards in traditional foil (which can include the common and uncommon borderless scene cards found in Prerelease Packs and Bundles)
If Shards you control do become copies of the creature, they'll use the copiable values of the creature as it last existed on the battlefield
Sure, he is better than Viridian Shaman but he needs to be waaay better to get get in as a gold card
It became a key component of the version that ruled block, the best version now in Standard and now it is reaching out in Extended not just to Affinity but to other decks as well
A songbird on her finger completes the picture, conveying the image of a stalwart guardian rather than a militant warrior