In a blog, Mark Rosewater, lead designer on the game, said that it is counter-intuitive to have the Ring bring in-game positive effects, but it was the only way to get players to actually interact with it
Im familiar with the concept, having worked in and around local game stores for well over a decade, but a lot of the themes are fairly new to me
Any time you have priority, you can turn a face-down permanent with negamorph face up by paying its negamorph cost
Even better if they're playing an artifact or enchantment heavy deck
In December Tomer from MTG Goldfish put up a YouTube video addressing the question: In the video, he reached out to Frank Karsten for some more statistical help to evaluate that question
Rampaging Ferocidon stops lifegain and punishes creature plays, especially go-wide strategies