I hope the lucky owner of The One Ring riffle-shuffles it into their casual kitchen-table deck and then ties that deck up with a rubber band, because thats how TCGs should be games first, speculative market cash cows second.
Exerting a rival character can open them up to challenges from your own characters if their player isnt likely to put them at risk by questing or challenging, helping to clear irritating passive effects and other abilities off the field
Both Sanguine BondSanguine Bond, and Vito, Thorn of the Dusk RoseVito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose show up in over 70,000 decks on EDHREC, and while Gollum, Obsessed StalkerGollum, Obsessed Stalker lacks the combo potential of those cards, he can start draining all your opponents for a massive amount given enough time
On the contrary this Mark Tedin art comes from the 1999 Urza card from Vanguard, a long distant format of Magic
Card Name Mana Cost Type Instant Rarity Rare rules Text Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, then shuffle and put the card on top