The saving grace for all these cards is that they can always be cast for 1 mana to secure your next land drop, making them great early on without being embarrassing later
If youre willing to exert four items, you can bring him out for free
Oftentimes, it ends up being a necessity: a competitive Legacy or Vintage Tribal deck, for example, is running that tribe for a very specific reason, most likely to support a specific combo
Now, I am going to put up my hands, and admit that I initially did not think The One Ring will be such a powerful card
6 Smothering Tithe Smothering Tithe is a powerful enchantment that would improve just about any white deck
I know I didn't get to the Gotcha mechanic yet, but I will eventually